Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 7. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 646
... Feet . Feet . Inch . I 6094 2 12188 3 18282 24376 30470 14 10.680 6.580 7 11.853 1.812 22 1.932 36564 31 11.412 42658 42 48752 56 5.436 9.384 9 54846 71 9.876 10 60940 88 7.728 11 67034 107 2.940 12 73128 127 13 79222 149 14 85316 173 ...
... Feet . Feet . Inch . I 6094 2 12188 3 18282 24376 30470 14 10.680 6.580 7 11.853 1.812 22 1.932 36564 31 11.412 42658 42 48752 56 5.436 9.384 9 54846 71 9.876 10 60940 88 7.728 11 67034 107 2.940 12 73128 127 13 79222 149 14 85316 173 ...
Page 672
... feet : let the height of the obfervator's eye be fuppofed 6 feet ; and let the inftrument , held by a steady hand , or rather leaning on a fupport , be directed towards the fummit A , fo that one eye ( the other being fhut ) may fee it ...
... feet : let the height of the obfervator's eye be fuppofed 6 feet ; and let the inftrument , held by a steady hand , or rather leaning on a fupport , be directed towards the fummit A , fo that one eye ( the other being fhut ) may fee it ...
Page 722
... feet long , and confequently the body mult have been 17 or 18 feet high . Upon the tomb was a plate of copper , whereon was engra- ved , " In this tomb lies the noble and puiffant lord , the chevalier Ricon de Vallemont , and his bones ...
... feet long , and confequently the body mult have been 17 or 18 feet high . Upon the tomb was a plate of copper , whereon was engra- ved , " In this tomb lies the noble and puiffant lord , the chevalier Ricon de Vallemont , and his bones ...
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