| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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