| General Railway Signal Company - Railroad switches - 1913 - 452 pages
...WEIGHTS AND MEASURES . LINEAR MEASURE 12 inches (in.) =1 foot (ft.) 3 feet, =1 yard (yd.) 5 . 5 yards =1 rod (rd.) 40 rods, =1 furlong (fur.) 8 furlongs =1 mile (mi.) 1 mi. = 8 fur. =320 rods = 1760 yd. = 5280 ft. = 63,360 in. SQUARE MEASURE 144 squareinches(sq.in.),... | |
| Clarence Monroe Bookman - Arithmetic - 1914 - 268 pages
...into tenths, hundredths, etc. TABLE 12 inches (in. or ") =1 foot (ft. or ') 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5\ yards or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.) 40 rods = 1 furlong (fur.) 320 rods or 5280 feet = 1 mile (mi.) NOTES. 1. Dimensions are written: first, length ; then, width... | |
| Clarence Monroe Bookman - Arithmetic - 1914 - 270 pages
...into tenths, hundredths, etc. TABLE 12 inches (in. or ") = 1 foot (ft. or ') 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) of yards or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.) 40 rods = 1 furlong (fur.) 320 rods or 5280 feet = 1 mile (mi.) NOTES. 1. Dimensions are written : first, length ; then, width... | |
| William Henry Dooley - Mathematics - 1915 - 364 pages
...Measure is used in measuring lines or distance. Table 12 in. (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. 320 rods, or 5280 feet = 1 mile. 1 mi. = 320 rd. = 1760 yd. = 5280 ft. = 63,360 in. Surveyors'... | |
| William Henry Dooley - Mathematics - 1915 - 364 pages
...Measure is used in measuring lines or distance. Table 12 in. (in.) = 1 foot, ft. 8 feet = 1 yard, yd. 5£ yards or 16£ feet = 1 rod, rd. 40 rods = 1 furlong, fur. 8 furlongs = 1 mile, mi. 320 rods, or 5280 feet = 1 mile. 1 mi. = 320 rd. = 1700 yd. = 5280 ft. = 63,360 in. Surveyors'... | |
| Thomas J. Foster - Coal mines and mining - 1916 - 1230 pages
...28, 1866, viz., 1 yard = ^7r-^ meter. O,aOl 12 inches (in.) =1 foot ft. 3 feet - 1 yard yd. 5.5 yards =1 rod rd. 40 rods =1 furlong fur. 8 furlongs =1 mile mi. in. ft. yd. rd. fur. mi. I =» .083333 = .027778 = .005051 = .000126 = .000016 12 = 1 = .333333... | |
| Frederick Thomas Hodgson - 1917 - 696 pages
...= 13.080 CURRENT MEASURES LINEAL MEASURE 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot ft. 3 feet = 1 yard yd. 5.5 yards =1 rod rd. 40 rods = 1 furlong fur. 8 furlongs = 1 mile mi. In. Ft. Yd. Rd. Fur. Mi 36= 3 = 198= 16.5= 5.5= 1 7,920= 660 = 220 = 40 = 1 63,360 = 5,280 = 1... | |
| R. Cecil Wood - Agriculture - 1920 - 410 pages
...1 inch (in.). 12 inches = 1 foot (ft.). 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.). 5 i yards = 1 pole ipo.) 40 poles = 1 furlong (fur.). 8 furlongs = 1 mile (m.). 3 miles = 1 league (lea.). The chain used for measuring land is 4 poles or 22 yards and consists of 100 links, each link... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 194 pages
...furlongs, rods, yards, feet, and inches. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) make 1 foot, sirvn, ft. 3 feet " lyard, " yd. 5J yards, or 16} feet, " 1 rod, " rd. 40 rods, " 1 furlong, " fur. 8 furlongs, or 320 rods, " 1 mile, (( mi. 1. Reduce 2 yds. to feet, —to inches. 2. Reduce 4 ft. 3 in. to inches.... | |
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