 | Photography - 1888 - 886 pages
...to make the matter clear. The measure of length is called the meter. It represents the ten-millionth •of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to the pole. - The multiples of the meter are the decameter, or 10 meters; the hectometer, or ico meters;... | |
 | 1866 - 28 pages
...unit. The meter is a measure of length, and was intended to be, and is very nearly, one ten-millionth of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to the pole. It is 39.37 inches, very nearly. The are is a surface equal to a square whose side is 10 meters.... | |
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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. 
