| Alexander Henry - English language - 1861 - 226 pages
...his writings ; &c. Me'tre (Gr. p.сTDOV, metron, a measure). A French measure of length, being the ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, equal to 39 '37 English inches. Met'ronome (Gr. perpоv, metron, a measure ; ropos, itom'os, a law).... | |
| Agriculture - 1862 - 406 pages
...quarter of wheat is 8 imperial bushels. The METRE is the French standard of linear measure. It is the tenmillionth part of the distance from the Equator to the North Pole. This measure is marked on a bar of platinum, which is preserved in the archives of the Academy of Sciences.... | |
| James Young (author of The buyer's guide.) - 1869 - 86 pages
...Ь,_-Ъ* A SHEET OP USEFUL INFORMATION. The Mètre is the standard of linear measure in France, being the one ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the pole, and is found to be nearly equal to 39-3707904 English Inches. The Franc is the standard of value... | |
| Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe - 1873 - 444 pages
...metre. This rod of platinum was intended by the French geometricians Who planned the System to represent the one ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the pole, measured along the earth's surface. But, by a careful revision of the geodetical observations... | |
| New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - Government publications - 1873 - 966 pages
...one-half, one-quarter and one-eighth, but become complex decimals of the meter, which is said to be the one ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the pole. STEAM ENGINE. The committee obtained from the superintendent of the Fishkill Landing Machine... | |
| Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1874 - 580 pages
...If there be an error such as is supposed, then the metre ceases to be what it was called originally, one ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole. Even assuming that there is no error, and that the metre is precisely what it purports to be, yet it... | |
| Philotus Dean - Arithmetic - 1874 - 472 pages
...system is the metre. This name is pronounced, in English, meet -er; in French, ma'-tr. A metre is a ten-millionth part of the distance from the Equator to the North Pole, on the meridian of Paris. Its length is 39.37 inches. NOTE. — A survey was made by Delambre and Mechain,... | |
| Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe - Chemistry, Inorganic - 1874 - 412 pages
...metre. This rod of platinum was intended by the French geometricians who planned the system to represent the one ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the pole, measured along the earth's surface. But, by a careful revision of the geodetical observations... | |
| Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1876 - 578 pages
...If there be an error such as is supposed, then the metre ceases to be what it was called originally, one ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole. Even assuming that there is no error, and that the metre is precisely what it purports to be, yet it... | |
| William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1878 - 240 pages
...weights and measures based on a primary unit of length called a Meter. The scale is decimal. The Meter is one ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole. It is nearly equal to 39.37 inches. MEASUEE OF LENGTH. 165.. The primary unit is the meter. TABLE.... | |
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