 | Caton's national business college, Buffalo, N.Y. - 1889 - 330 pages
...Measure is used in measuring lengths, breadths, depths, heights, or distances. Scale: 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.); 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) ; 5£ yards = 1 rod (rd.) ; 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.). 161. Surveyors' Linear Measure is used by surveyors in measuring boundaries... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will - Business mathematics - 1890 - 316 pages
...Measure is used in measuring lengths, breadths, depths, heights, or distances. Scale: 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.); 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) ; 5£ yards = 1 rod (rd.) ; 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.). 161. Surveyors' Linear Measure is used by surveyors in measuring boundaries... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - 1893 - 426 pages
...the cone together. APPENDIX. TABLES. 1303. Measures of Extension. LONG MEASURE. 12 inches (in.) ... 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet 1 yard (yd.) 5^ yards 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods 1 mile (mi.) A furlong (fur.) = J mile. SURVEYORS' MEASURE. 7.92 inches 1 link (li.)... | |
 | Webster Wells - Arithmetic - 1893 - 360 pages
...Length, or Linear Measures, are those used in measuring lengths or distances. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot. (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard- (yd.) 5£ yards = 1 rod. (rd.) 320 rods = 1 mile, (mi.) It follows from the above that 1 mile = 1760 yards = 5280 feet. «.... | |
 | John Tilden Prince - Arithmetic - 1893 - 138 pages
...take to make this quantity of silk? (1 pound = 7000 grains.) Measures of Length. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5^ yards = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods = 1 mué (mi.) Measures of Surface. 144 square inches < — 1 square ' ' s t foot (sq.... | |
 | George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1894 - 204 pages
...make two angles? Three? Four? Five? Six? Seven? Eight? Nine? Ten? Twelve? TABLE. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot, ft. 3 feet = 1 yard, yd. 5^ yards = 1 rod, rd. 320 rods = 1 mile, mi. 1 mi. = 1760 yd. = 5280 ft. A surveyor's chaiii (ch.) is 4 rd. = 66 ft.... | |
 | John Tilden Prince - 1895 - 284 pages
...miles of thread will it take to make this quantity of silk ? Measures of Length. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5^ yards = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods — 1 mile (mi.) Measures of Surface. 144 square inches ( = 1 square (sq. in.) (foot... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - Arithmetic - 1895 - 480 pages
...the cone together. APPENDIX. TABLES. 1303. Measures of Extension. LONG MEASURE. 12 inches (in.) ... 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet 1 yard (yd.) 5£ yards 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods 1 mile (mi.) A furlong (fur.) = | mile. SURVEYORS' MEASURE. 7.92 inches 1 link (li.)... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - Arithmetic - 1895 - 400 pages
...the cone together. APPENDIX. TABLES. 1303. Measures of Extension. LONG MEASURE. 12 inches (in.) ... 1 foot (ft.) 3 fee,t 1 yard (yd.) 5^- yards 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods 1 mile (mi.) A furlong (fur.) = J mile. SURVEYORS' MEASURE. 7.92 inches 1 link (li.)... | |
 | George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1895 - 404 pages
...Measures of Length. I. Long Measure is used for measuring lengths or distances. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot, ft. 3 feet = 1 yard, yd. 5^- yards = 1 rod, rd. 320 rods = 1 mile, mi. 1 mi. = 320 rd. = 1760 yd. = 5280 ft. II. Surveyors' Linear Measure is used... | |
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LENGTH 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5| yards = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.) 1 mile = 1,760 yd. 
