Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 10. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 714
... feet Paris feet 7 inches 8 lines , or 1 yard En- glish ; the Paris foot royal exceeding the English by To parts , as in one of the following tables . This ell is divided two ways , viz . into halves , thirds , fixths , and twelfths ...
... feet Paris feet 7 inches 8 lines , or 1 yard En- glish ; the Paris foot royal exceeding the English by To parts , as in one of the following tables . This ell is divided two ways , viz . into halves , thirds , fixths , and twelfths ...
Page 715
... feet ten inches eleven lines , or four - fifths of the Paris ell ; and the shorter gueze , called fimply gueze , only two thirds of the former . At Goa and Ormuz , the measure is the vara , the same with that of the Portuguese , ha ...
... feet ten inches eleven lines , or four - fifths of the Paris ell ; and the shorter gueze , called fimply gueze , only two thirds of the former . At Goa and Ormuz , the measure is the vara , the same with that of the Portuguese , ha ...
Page 717
... Feet . 1000 Inches . 12 1068 1162 Rhinland foot 1033 Strasburgh foot 952 Norimbergh foot 1000 12 Dantzick foot 944 ... feet in both measures alike , is as 1369 to 1089 , or nearly as 5 to 4. If the difference of the feet be regarded ...
... Feet . 1000 Inches . 12 1068 1162 Rhinland foot 1033 Strasburgh foot 952 Norimbergh foot 1000 12 Dantzick foot 944 ... feet in both measures alike , is as 1369 to 1089 , or nearly as 5 to 4. If the difference of the feet be regarded ...
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