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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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A Common School Arithmetic

Bothwell Graham - Arithmetic - 1895 - 240 pages
...Bundle. 5 Bundles make a Bale. METRIC TABLES. 131. The Meter is the unit of length and is (nearly) the one ten-millionth part of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to either pole, or 39.37 + inches. 10 Millimeters (mm.) make a Centimeter (cm.). 10 Centimeters make a...
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Robinson's New Higher Arithmetic: For High Schools, Academies, and ...

Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1895 - 526 pages
...and measures is based upon the Decimal Scale. The Meter is the base of the system, and is the oni- ten-millionth part of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to either pole, or 30.37079 inches. From the meter are made the following units: land or Rquare measure,...
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The Williams & Rogers Mental Arithmetic ...

James M. Cook - 1897 - 216 pages
...numbers. It has been adopted by the leading nations of the world. 2. The METER, the unit of length, is the base of the system, and is one ten-millionth...distance on the earth's surface from the equator to either pole, or 39. 37079 inches. NOTE. — The term meter is derived from the Greek metron, a measure....
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Observational Geometry

William Taylor Campbell - Geometry - 1899 - 268 pages
...hektometre kilometre myriametre = 3H = 391 " = 2 rods = 20 " — \ miles = 6* The metre is nearly the ten-millionth part of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to either pole, first calculated in France, AD 1799. English Table 1 2 lines = 12 inches = 3 feet 5J yards...
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The New Advanced Arithmetic

John Williston Cook, Nebraska C. Cropsey - Arithmetic - 1903 - 408 pages
...exceptions ; however, its use has been legalized in these two countries. 187. The meter is approximately one ten-millionth part of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to the pole. 188. The multiples and submultiples (fractions) of the meter, and the units derived from it,...
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Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation Bill, 1910-11

United States. Congress. House - Diplomatic and consular service - 1910 - 128 pages
...that wTas made away back about the time of the French Revolution. They took what they supposed to be a one ten-millionth part of the distance on the earth's surface from the pole to the equator, based upon the best triangulation measurements that were made at that time. Afterwards...
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Kimball's Commercial Arithmetic: Prepared for Use in Normal, Commercial and ...

Gustavus Sylvester Kimball - Business mathematics - 1911 - 444 pages
...so called because its primary unit is the meter. The meter (m) 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. Meter means measure, and the three principal units are units of length,...
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NBS Special Publication, Issue 272

Weights and measures - 1966 - 252 pages
...this was done, a standard meter bar was constructed. However, due to a slight error, it was found that the distance on the earth's surface from the Equator to the North Pole was not exactly ten million units of the new meter, but slightly more. But it was now too late to change...
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Applied Science for Metal Workers

William Henry Dooley - Metal-work - 1919 - 480 pages
...this system the unit of length is the centimeter, which is onehundredth part of a meter. The meter is one ten-millionth part of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to the pole. It is defined in the United States and France as the distance on certain bars in Washington and...
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Applied Science for Metal Workers

William Henry Dooley - Metal-work - 1919 - 498 pages
...this system the unit of length is the centimeter, which is onehundredth part of a meter. The meter is one ten-millionth part of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to the pole. It is defined in the United States and France as the distance on certain bars in Washington and...
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