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The foot and the mile , or thousand paces , are our standard measures of length
at this day . The foot has over the cubit the advantage of being a common aliquot
part both of the pace and the fathom . It is also definite at both extremities , and ...
The foot and the mile , or thousand paces , are our standard measures of length
at this day . The foot has over the cubit the advantage of being a common aliquot
part both of the pace and the fathom . It is also definite at both extremities , and ...
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... precisely the dimensions of an English cubic foot , one eighth part of which
makes again the gallon of 216 cubic inches . And here we discover , again , the
quadrantal or amphora of the Romans , the cubic foot containing 80 pounds of
wine .
... precisely the dimensions of an English cubic foot , one eighth part of which
makes again the gallon of 216 cubic inches . And here we discover , again , the
quadrantal or amphora of the Romans , the cubic foot containing 80 pounds of
wine .
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It was the principle of the quadrantal and congius of the Romans , applied to the
foot and the nummulary pound of the Greeks ; the measure which , by containing
eight pounds of wheat , was intended to contain , at the same time , ten of the ...
It was the principle of the quadrantal and congius of the Romans , applied to the
foot and the nummulary pound of the Greeks ; the measure which , by containing
eight pounds of wheat , was intended to contain , at the same time , ten of the ...
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Nothing can afford a more striking illustration of the construction which long
established usage can give to law , than this admeasurement in feet and tenth
parts of a foot ; differing from that used in all other cases of feet and inches or
twelfth ...
Nothing can afford a more striking illustration of the construction which long
established usage can give to law , than this admeasurement in feet and tenth
parts of a foot ; differing from that used in all other cases of feet and inches or
twelfth ...
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Thus , the foot , the palm , the span , the digit , the thumb , and the nail , have
been , as measures , improperly so called , for the ... Had the foot rule been
unalterable , the inconvenience of its improper appellation might have been
slight .
Thus , the foot , the palm , the span , the digit , the thumb , and the nail , have
been , as measures , improperly so called , for the ... Had the foot rule been
unalterable , the inconvenience of its improper appellation might have been
slight .
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| Наслов | Report Upon Weights and Measures |
| Аутори | United States. Department of State, John Quincy Adams |
| Издавач | Gales & Seaton, 1821 |
| Оригинал из | Универзитет Оксфорд |
| Дигитализовано | 30 нов. 2006 |
| Дужина | 245 страница |
| Извоз навода | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |