 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Measurement - 1892 - 334 pages
...etc., etc. HASWELL'S MENSURATION, MEASURES AND WEIGHTS Used in this Work. MEASURES OF LENGTH. LINEAL. 12 inches = 1 foot. 3 feet — 1 yard. 5J yards = 1 rod or pole. 40 rods — 1 furlong. 8 furlongs = 1 mile. 1 degree = 09-77 statute miles. 1 geographical... | |
 | Austin Thomas Byrne - Building - 1899 - 574 pages
...=.016019 " " "27.680 " 62° " = .016037 " " " 27.712 " 212° " = .016770 " " " 28.978 " " LINEAL MEASURE. 12 inches = 1 foot. 3 feet = 1 yard. 5J yards = 1 rod or perch = 16J feet. 40 rods = 1 furlong = 220 yards = 660 feet. 8 furlongs = 1 mile = 320 rods = 1760... | |
 | John Walter Wilkinson - Agriculture - 1900 - 396 pages
...pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon; 31| gallons = 1 barrel; 2 barrels = 1 hogshead. Long Measure. — 12 inches = 1 foot; 3 feet = 1 yard; 5J yards = 1 rod or pole; 40 rods = 1 furlong; 8 furlongs = 1 statute mile (1760 yards or 5280 feet); 3 miles = 1 league.... | |
 | Business - 1902 - 272 pages
...hours, 48 minutes and 49 seconds make 1 solar year. Long Measure — Distance. 3 barleycorns 1 inch, 12 inches 1 foot, 3 feet 1 yard, 5J yards 1 rod, 40 rods 1 furlong, 8 furlongs 1 mile. Cloth Measure. 2J inches 1 nail, 4 nails 1 quarter, 4 quarters... | |
 | Austin Thomas Byrne - 1910 - 628 pages
....016019 " " " 27.680 " 62' " = .016037 " " " 27.712 " 212° " = .016770 ' 28.978 " " LINEAL MEASURE. 12 inches = 1 foot. 3 feet =-. 1 yard. 5J yards = 1 rod or perch = 16J feet. 40 rods = 1 furlong = 220 yards = 660 feet. 8 furlongs = 1 mile = 320 rods = 1760... | |
 | H. W. MacFarren - Cyanide process - 1912 - 316 pages
...grains = 1 pound. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 inches = 1 foot. 3 feet = 1 yard. 5J yards = 1 rod. 16J feet = 1 rod. 480 grains = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. 5760 grains = 1 pound. LENGTH 4 rods =... | |
 | George Morris Philips, Robert Franklin Anderson - Arithmetic - 1913 - 394 pages
...56 70 Commodities Clover seed Oats Peas Rye Timothy seed Wheat Lb. 60 32 60 56 45 60 Linear Measure 12 inches = 1 foot 3 feet = 1 yard 5J yards = 1 rod 320 rods = 1 statute mile The furlong (40 rd.) is now seldom used. Other Linear Units (1) A fathom... | |
 | Joseph James Walsh - Mine ventilation - 1915 - 244 pages
...cone = 3 (area of base X altitude). Area of sector of circle = arc X i radius. ENGLISH MEASURES Length 12 inches = 1 foot 3 feet = 1 yard 5j yards = 1 rod 4 rods = 1 chain 80 chains = 1 mile 5280 feet = 1 mile Surface 144 square inches = 1 square foot 9... | |
 | Augustus Orloff Thomas - Agricultural mathematics - 1916 - 296 pages
...temperature to Centigrade temperature ? Centigrade to Fahrenheit ? TABLES FOR REFERENCE Measures of Length 12 inches = 1 foot 3 feet = 1 yard 5J yards = 1 rod 16J feet = 1 rod 320 rods = 1 mile (statute) A nautical mile (knof)= 6080.27 ft., or about 1.15 ml.... | |
 | Arthur William Fahrenwald - Cyanide process - 1917 - 314 pages
...ounce. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 12 ounces = 1 pound. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 5670 grains = 1 pound. LENGTH. 12 inches = 1 foot. 3 feet = 1 yard. 5J yards = 1 rod. 16J feet = 1 rod. 4 rods = 1 chain. 66 feet = 1 chain. 320 rods = 1 mile. 5280 feet = 1 mile. AREA.... | |
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Measure. — 12 inches = 1 foot; 3 feet = 1 yard; 5J yards = 1 rod or pole; 40 rods = 1 furlong; 8 furlongs = 1 statute mile (1760 yards or 5280 feet); 3 miles = 1 league. 
