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TABLE OF THE MEASURES OF DIFFERENT NATIONS.

Foreign Measures compared with anEnglish Foot .

Number ofeach equal toone English Foot.

Length of asingle measureof each sort.

English Inches.

Amsterdam ,

-

foot

-

1.0762

11.15

Antwerp ,

-

ditto

-

1.0676

11.24

Bavaria ,

-

ditto

-

1.0508

11.42

Berlin,

-

ditto

-

.9844?

12.19

Bologna,

-

ditto

.8005

14.99

Brussels ,

-

ditto

-

1.0480

11.45

Copenhagen ,

legal foot

-

.9717

12.35

Hantzic,

-

foot

-

1.0628

11.29

England,

-

ditto

-

1.

12.

Florence,

-

builder’s braccio

.5555

21.60

France ,

-

pied de roi

.9389

12.78

toise

-

.1565

76.68

metre

-

.3048

39.37

Geneva,

-

foot

-

.6250

19.20

Genoa,

-

pal mo

1.2345

9.72

Hamburgh,

-

foot

-

1.0628

11.29

Lisbon ,

-

ditto

-

.9278

12.96

Mantua,

-

braccio

-

.6575

18.25

Milan,

-

foot

.7682

15.62

Moscow ,

-

ditto

-

.9112

13.17

.Naples,

-

palmo

-

1.1562

10.38

Parma,

-

surveyor’s braccio

.5623

21.34

Pavia,

-

ditto

-

.6557

18.30

Persia ,

-

arish

-

.3136

38.27

Rimini,

-

braccio

-

.5610

21.39

Rome ,

-

foot

-

1.0345

11.60

Russia ,

-

ditto

-

.8727

13.75

Sardinia ,

-

palmo

-

1.2270

9.78

Spain ,

-

foot

-

1.0791

11.12

Sweden ,

-

ditto

-

1.0266

11.69

Turin ,

-

ditto

-

.9434

12.72

Venice,

-

ditto

-

.8772

13.40

Verona,

-

ditto

-

.8955

13.68

V icenza,

-

ditto

-

.8804

13.63

Vienna,

-

ditto

.9639

12.45

Warsaw,

-

ditto

_

.8553

14.03

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