THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ENGINEERING.

Book 11

912

Dortrecht foot

Eng . ft.■771

Dresden foot

•929

ell 2 feet -

- 1 *857

Edinburgh, sec Scotland .Ferrara foot

- 1*317

Florence foot

*995

braccio

r i -9oo'i 1*910

barilo of wine weighs 140

Florence pounds = 20fiaschi.

cogno = 10 barili.rubbio of wheat 640 Rom.lbs.

Franche Comte foot

_

- 1*172

r *8i2

Genoa palm

-

-•{ *800

1 *817

canna

-

- 7 *300

Geneva foot

-

- 1*919

German mile — ^ degree.Grenoble , see Dauphine.

Halle foot

-

*977

Hamburgh foot

-

*933

Heidelberg foot

-

*903

Inspruck foot

Ireland perch 7 yards.

- -

- 1*101

acre 7840 sq. yds.

Eng .

Italy , old common mile

-

5299*

Eeghorn foot

-

*992

Leipzig foot

-

- 1 *034

ell

-

- 1 *833

Leyden foot

-

- 1 *023

Liege foot

-

*944

Lisbon foot

-

•952

Lombardy mile degree.Lucca braccio

Lyons, see Dauphine.

-

- 1-958

f -915L '918

Madrid foot

-

f 3-263

vara

•

L 3-285

Maestricht foot

-

•916

Malta palm

-

•915

Mantua brasso

-

- 1*521

braccio

-

- 2-092

Marseilles foot

-

•S14

Mechlin foot

-

•753

Mentz foot

-

•988

Milan decimal foot

-

- *8.55

Aliprand foot

- 1 -426

braccio

-

- 1*725

Modena foot

-

- 2-081

Monaco foot

-

•771

Montpellier pan

-

•777

Moravian foot

-

•971

ell

-

- 2*594

Moscow foot

-

•928

Munich foot

-

•947

Naples palm

-

f -861l *859

canna

-

- 6-908

mile =-A degree or

iTfi*

barilo of wine = 60 carafe.carafiissS Parisian pint.

batto= 12 barili.

Naples carro = 2 l>otti

tumuloof wheat 3 cubic palmsor 40 rotoli.

Kng. ft.

Nuremberg town foot

country footartillery footell -

Padua footPalermo foot

Paris old foot

[is

996

997907961166406

4706606.578

Kng. in.

point - 0148

line - - - 0888

ell 44 French inches.

sonde 5 French feet.

toise 6 French feet - 76*736

perch 18 French feet.

perch royale 22 Fr. feet.

league 2282 toises = ^

(leg.

square foot or inch 1 -1358

cubic foot or inch 1*21061

arpent, 100 square perches,about | Eng. acre,measure royale about §.

Kng. c. in.

pint 48 cubic inches - 58*11litron - 74 375

boisseau 1190 = 16 litrons.minat = 2 boisseau, nearlya bushel Eng. , 2380cubic in. English ,mine = 2 minats, 4760cubic in. English ,septier = 2 mines, 9520cubic in. English .muids= 12 septiers.ton of shipping 42 cubic ft.

Eng . ft.

metre 307844 Fr. ft. - 3*281

Eng. in.03937*39371

- 3*93708

- 39 37079393*70790

39370790039370*79000393707*90000

millimetre -centimetre -decimetre -metre

decametre -hecatometrekilometremyriametre8 kilometres are nearly 5 miles.1 inch is *0254 metre.

1000 feet are nearly 305 metres.

1 centimetre is3 -

5 -

6 - -

8 - -

9 -

10 - -

Eng. in.*39371*787421 *181 131 -.574831 -96854

2- 362252*75596

3- 149663*543373-93708

1 square centimetre= *155006square inches.