Mile {1 Degree of a Great Circle of the Earth An Inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, but subdivisions are used for many purposes. Among mechanics the Inch is commonly divided into eighths. By the officers of the revenue, and... Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million ... - Page 697by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1857 - 721 pagesFull view - About this book
| Almanacs, English - 1889 - 900 pages
...Pole» Furlongs I Foot I Yard 1 Hod or Pole 1 Furlong I Mile !1 Degree of a Great Circle of the Earth. An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a...mechanics, the inch is commonly divided into eighths. Ну the officers of the revenue, and by scientific persons, H is divided into tenths, hundredth*,... | |
| E. S. Norman Campbell - English language - 1830 - 304 pages
...a foot. is given, but subdivisions are used for many purposes. Among Mechanics the inch is usually divided into eighths. By the officers of the Revenue,...was made to consist of twelve parts, called lines, but these have latterly fallen into disuse. INCIDENCE. The direction in which one body strikes upon... | |
| Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 610 pages
...alterations in the weights and measures. The measures now in use in England and the U. States are к follows: An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, but subdivisions arc used for many purposes. Among mechanics, the inch is commonly divided into eighths. By the officers... | |
| Olinthus Gregory - Mathematics - 1834 - 472 pages
...Society's Standard 36-00135 Ramsden's bar 36-00249 Its copy, at Marischal College, Aberdeen 36-00244 An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a...hundredths, &c. Formerly it was made to consist of 12 parts, called lines, but these have properly fallen into disuse. Particular Measures of Length.... | |
| Olinthus Gregory - Mathematics - 1834 - 484 pages
...Society's Standard 36-00135 Ramsden's bar 36-00249 Its copy, at Marischal College, Aberdeen 36-00244 An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a...Among mechanics the inch is commonly divided into eightks. By the officers of the revenue, and by scientific persons, it is divided into tenths, hundredths,... | |
| Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1835 - 938 pages
...pole. 40 poles = 1 furlong. 8 furlongs = 1 mile. 69Í mues = 1 degree of a great circle of the earth. An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, but mechanics subdivide it generally into eighths and sixteenths ; measures or " rules " are however constructed... | |
| Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1836 - 942 pages
...= 69¿ miles = 1 yard. 1 rod or pole. 1 furlong. . 1 mile. 1 degree of a great circle of the earth. An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, but mechanics subdivide it generally into eighths and sixteenths ; measures or " rules " are however constructed... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 608 pages
...furlongs ~ 69 1-15 miles =. oot yard rod, or pole furlong mile (ki;Tec of a great circle of the carlh. An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, hut subdivisions are used for many purposes. Among mechanics, the inch is commonly divided into eighths.... | |
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