 LENGTH 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5| yards = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.) 1 mile = 1,760 yd.  Business Arithmetic - Page 399by George Washington Miner, Fayette Herbert Elwell, Frank Charles Touton - 1923 - 410 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1876 - 302 pages
...also called Long Measure is used in measuring lines and distances. TABLE. 63360 in. 1760yd 32° rd12 Inches (in.) = 1 Foot . ... ft. 3 Feet = 1 Yard . ... yd. 5\ Yards, or) 1 r< j 16} Feet I = 1 Rod ....•* 320 Rods = 1 Mile .... mi. 8. Cloth Measure is practically out of... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 250 pages
...MEASURE. 268. Long Measure is used for the general purposes of measuring length and distances. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) . . . =1 foot ft. 3 feet =1 yard,...yards, or 16£ feet . =1 rod, . . . . rd. 320 rods =1 statute mile, . mi. 3 miles ..... =1 league, . . . lea. 69.16 miles (69£ nearly) =1 degree of latitude,... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 444 pages
...MEASURE. 268. Long Measure is used for the general purposes of measuring length and distances. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) ... =1 foot, .... ft. 3 feet =1 yard,...yards, or 16^ feet . =1 rod, . . . . rd. 320 rods =1 statute mile, . mi. 3 miles ..... =1 league, . . . lea. 69.16 miles (69£ nearly) =1 degree of latitude,... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 528 pages
...MEASURE. 375. Long Measure is used for the general purposes of measuring length and distances. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) . . = 1 foot . . ft. 3 feet . . ....5£ yards, or 16£ feet . = 1 rod . . rd. 320 rods . . . = 1 mile . . mi. 3 miles . . . = 1 league . . lea. 69.16 miles . . . = 1 degree of latitude,... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Arithmetic - 1877 - 176 pages
...breadth and thickness. LONG MEASURE. 101. Long Measure is used in measuring length and distance. 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. 8 furlongs = 1 mile, mi. 3 miles = 1 league, lea. 1 mi. = 8 fur. = 320 rd.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1877 - 160 pages
...Measures are those used in measuring distances, and the dimensions of articles. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) are 1 foot. ft. 3 feet, 1 yard. yd. 5| yards or 16^ feet, 1 rod, rd. 320 rods, 1 mile, m. Also : 40 rods are 1 furlong, fur. s furlongs, 1 mile, m. NOTE.—In measuring cloth and... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1877 - 430 pages
...MEASURE. 117. This is used for measuring distances and dimensions of objects. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) make 1 foot ft. 3 feet " 1 yard yd. 5$ yards, or 16£ feet " 1 rod rd. 40 rods " 1 furlong. . -fur. 8 furlongs, or 320 rods " 1 mile m1. 3 miles " 1 league lea. It is found... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1877 - 350 pages
...used in measuring distances, or length, in any direction. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) make 1 foot, marked ft. 3 feet " 1 yard, " yd. 5£ yards, or 16^ feet, " 1 rod, " rd. 320 rods " 1 mile, " mi. HEM. — The standard unit of length is the yard. The standard yard for the United... | |
 | George Augustus Walton, Electa Nobles Lincoln Walton - Arithmetic - 1877 - 348 pages
...and line. These are the units of LONG MEASURE. TABLE. 12 lines (1.) = 1 inch, marked in. 12 inches = 1 foot, " ft. 3 feet = 1 yard, " yd. 5^ yards or 16£ feet = 1 rod, " r. or rd. 320 rods or 5280 feet = 1 mile, " m. 69£ miles nearly = 1 degree (°) of longitude at... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1877 - 164 pages
...used in measuring distances, and the dimensions of articles. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) are 1 foot, ft. 8 feet, 1 yard, yd. 5^ yards or 16^ feet, 1 rod, rd. 320 rods, 1 mile, m. Also: 40 rods are 1 furlong, fur. 8 furlongs, 1 mile, m. NOTE. — In measuring cloth and... | |
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