 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1874 - 348 pages
...others ara derived, are : — The METER, which was intended to be, and is nearly, one ten-millionth of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to the pole. The SQUARE METER, which is the square whose side is one meter; and the ARE (pronounced air),... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1875 - 462 pages
...and measures is based upon the decimal scale. 799. The Mcter is the base of the system, and is the one tenmillionth part of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to either pole, or 39. 37079 inches. 800. From the Meter are made the Are (air), the Stere (stair), the... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1875 - 290 pages
...and measures is based upon the decimal scale. 64. The dieter is the base of the system, and is the one ten-millionth part of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to either pole, or 39.37079 inches. 65. From the Meter are made the Are (air), the Stere (stair), the... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1875 - 350 pages
...and measures is based upon the decimal scale. 450. The Meter is the base of the system, and is the one ten-millionth part of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to either pole, or 39.37079 inches. 451. From the Meter are made the Are (air), the Stere (stair), the... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1875 - 496 pages
...and measures is based upon the decimal scale. 799. The Meter is the base of the system, and is the one tenmillionth part of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to either pole, or 39.37079 inches. 800. From the Meter are made the Are (air), the Stere (stair), the... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1875 - 216 pages
...dec'i, ct n'ti, and mYl'li. MEASURES OF LEN6TH. 223. The Meter, the unit of length, is one ten-millionth of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to the pole. Table. 10 millimeters (mm.) are 1 centimeter, cm. 10 centimeters, 1 de(/imeter. 10 decimeters,... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1876 - 366 pages
...system, since the measures of capacity and the weights are all derived from it. It is one ten millionth part of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to the pole, or one forty millionth part of the earth's circumference, measured over the poles. NOTK. Strictly... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1876 - 344 pages
...others are derived, are : — The METER, which was intended to be, and is nearly, one ten-millionth of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to the pole. The SQUARE METER, which is the square whose side is one meter ; and the ARE (pronounced air),... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1876 - 412 pages
...according to the decimal scale. 440. The Meter, which is 39.37079 inches long, or nearly one ten-millionth of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to the pole, is the base of the system. 441. The Primary or Principal Units of the system are the Meter, the... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1876 - 230 pages
...dfic'i, cfn'ti, and mll'li. MEASURES OF LENGTH. 223. The Meter, the unit of length, is one ten-millionth of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to the pole. Table. 10 millimeters (mm.) are 1 cen'timcter, cm. 10 centimeters, 1 dec/imeter. 10 decimeters,... | |
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Meter is the base of the system, and is the one tenmillionth part of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to either pole, or 39.37079 inches. 
