| Almanacs, English - 1889 - 916 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,...hundredths, &c. Formerly it was made to consist of twelve parts, called lines, but these have latterly fallen into disuse. INCIDENCE. The direction in... | |
| 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 - 484 pages
...used in India . 35-99934 Sir Geo. Shuckburgh's scale .... 35-99998 General Ray's scale 36-00088 Royal Society's Standard 36-00135 Ramsden's bar 36-00249...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.... | |
| Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - Art - 1841 - 490 pages
...or pole poles = 1 furlong H lurlongs = 1 mile C91, mies = 1 degree of a great circle of the earth. An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a...by scientific persons, it is divided into tenths, liundredths, &c. Formerly, it was made to consist of twelve parts, called lines ; but these have properly... | |
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