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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. "
Fish's Arithmetic Number Two: Oral and Written, Upon the Inductive Method - Page 306
by Daniel W. Fish - 1883 - 352 pages
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES OF THE HOUSE OF ...

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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Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, Volume 19

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;...
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