 | Charles Edward White - Arithmetic - 1897 - 312 pages
...Reduction Ascending ; 88 qt. = 2 bu. 3 pk. 127. Linear Measure is used in measuring lines or distances. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot, ft. 3 feet = 1 yard, yd. 5^ yards, or 16^ feet = 1 rod, rd. 40 rods = 1 furlong, fur 128. Surveyors' Measure is used in measuring... | |
 | William James Milne - Mental arithmetic - 1897 - 186 pages
...What per cent did he gain during the second year ? TABLES OF DENOMINATE NUMBERS 68. LINEAR MEASURE TABLE 12 Inches (in.) = 1 Foot .... ft. 3 Feet = 1 Yard .... yd. 5£ Yards or 16£ ft. = 1 Rod .... rd. 320 Rods = 1 Mile .... mi. The following are also used: 3 Barleycorns... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1897 - 480 pages
...ounce; and use the following Long Measure. 198. Long Measure is used in measuring lines or distances. . TABLE. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.). 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.). &i yards, or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.). 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.). 1 mi. = 320 rd. = 1760 yd. = 5280 ft... | |
 | Edwin Crawford Hewett - Arithmetic - 1897 - 376 pages
...Long Measure. Long, or Linear, Measure is used in measuring lines and distances. The unit is the yard. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) =1 foot (ft.) 3 feet =1 yard (yd.) 5i yards, or 161 feet, - - - - - =1 rod (rd.) 40 rods =1 furlong (fur.) 8 furlongs, or 320 rods, -... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Education - 1898 - 296 pages
...fixed by Act of 'Parliament and afterward adopted in the United States. It is about Ifrisi °f the length of a pendulum that vibrates once a second at...inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft ) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 6J yards = 1 rod (rd.) 16J feet = 1 rod. 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.) 17C0 yards = 1 mile. 5280 feet = 1... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1898 - 326 pages
...arbitrarily fixed by Act of Parliament and afterward adopted in the United States. It is about |f rlss of the length of a pendulum that vibrates once a second at...in the latitude of London. It is ||§? of a meter. TABI.E. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft ) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5J yards = 1 rod (rd.) 16J feet = 1 rod.... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1898 - 332 pages
...arbitrarily fixed by Act of Parliament and afterward adopted in the United States. It is about flrfsj of the length of a pendulum that vibrates once a second at...level of the sea in the latitude of London. It is ||f ^ of a meter. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft ) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5J yards = 1 rod (rd.)... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1898 - 298 pages
...arbitrarily fixed by Act of Parliament and afterward adopted in the United States. It is about |trJUj of the length of a pendulum that vibrates once a second at...level of the sea in the latitude of London. It is |f iff of a meter. TABLB. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft ) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5J yards = 1 rod (rd.)... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1898 - 424 pages
...possible to that of Great Britain. 308. Measures of length are used in measuring lines or distances. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.). 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.). 5J yards, or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.). 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.). 1 ml. = 320 rd. = 1760 yd. = 5280 ft. NOTE. A hand... | |
 | James Alexander McLellan, Albert Flintoft Ames - Arithmetic - 1898 - 280 pages
...= 1 hundredweight (cwt.) 2000 pounds, or 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (T.) UNITS OF LKNGTH Long Measure 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5J yards, or 16 J feet = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods \ 1760 yards [• =1 mile (mi.) 5280 feet ) Measure in the schoolroom... | |
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TABLE. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.). 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.). 5J yards, or 16| feet — 1 rod (rd.). 
