 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1861 - 496 pages
...base, in this system, for all denominations of weights and measures, is the one-ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the pole, measured on the earth's surface. It is called a METER, and is equal to 39.37 inches, very nearly. The change from the... | |
 | 1864 - 876 pages
...Blake. Reserves: A. Moore, C. Munger. LENGTH, WEIGHT, AND MEASURE — The French standard of length is the meter, which is one tenmillionth of the distance from the equator to the pole; it is equal to 39.37079 inches, or very nearly 3.281 English feet. One mile contains 5,280 feet, or... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1866 - 540 pages
...The metre is a measure of length. It is intended to be, and is very nearly, one ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the pole, measured on the earth's surface. It is 39.37 inches, very nearly. Five metres are a Hide less than a rod. The arc is... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1866 - 508 pages
...The metre is a measure of length. It is intended to be, and is very nearly, one ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the pole, measured' on the earth's surface. It is 39.37 inches, very nearly. Five metres are a little less than a rod. Q. it.... | |
 | Charles Davies - Metric system - 1867 - 32 pages
...base, in this system, for all denominations "of weights and measures, is the oue-ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the pole, measured on the earth's surface. It is called a METER, and is equal to 39.37 inches, very nearly. The change from the... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1867 - 486 pages
...base, in this system, for all denominations of weights and measures, is the one-ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the pole, measured on the earth's surface. It is called a METER, and is equal to 39.37 inches, very nearly. The change from the... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1871 - 300 pages
...principal unit of the system is called a MIJTKE, equal to 39.37 inches, and is the one-ten-milh'onth part of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on the earth's surface. 41. From the metre three other units are made, and these four constitute the primary... | |
 | Charles Davies - Science - 1871 - 394 pages
...base, in this system, for all denominations of weights and measures, is the one-ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the pole, measured on the earth's surface. It is called a METBE, and is equal to 39.37 inches, very nearly. The change from the... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Arithmetic - 1877 - 348 pages
...weights and measures, having the meter for the base or unit. 380. The Meter is one ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the pole, measured on the earth's surface at the level of the sea, and is equal to 39.37079 in. 381. The names of the denominations... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1879 - 446 pages
...compulsory. In Great Britain and the United States its use is legalized. 18L LINEAR MEASURE. о о g P 182. The standard unit of linear measure is the meter,...meters, or 37 meters 48 centimeters. * Pronounced met-ric; and meter, mee-ter. All the metric names are accented on the first syllable. For equivalents... | |
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In the metric system, the unit of length is the meter, which is one ten-millionth of the distance from the Equator to the North Pole. 
