ME A

135

M E A

it |j p '^ame = 1 Pous, or foot*,.. =—11 p° US . . 1 Pygme, or cubit =

:i ■

j| Pygme

English Pa.Ft. Inches.0 1 0.08750 1 1.5984§

r ygon

0

0

100

3.109£

6.13125

0.525

4.5

= 1 Pygon— 1 Pecus,orlarger4 p cubit

i°o Or^,!.. 1 0r gy a > or P ace

° ya > or paces = 1 Stadium, au-18 Qt j. lus, or furl. J

&c.= 1 Million, or mile =805 5 0

The Greek foot is variously estimated; thus : Eng . foot.

"y Dr. Hutton f . --- 1.009

y Folkes, who reckons it equal to 1 T - 1 (1.006

Roman foot. ( — ? 1.007

% Cavallo . = 1.007

1 Dr - Hutton reckons the j K>yleterian foot = 1.167

L Macedonian foot = 1.160

sor *" 3 °f long measures were used in Greece ,Attj C;| Olympic and the Pythic: the former in Peloponnesus ,Tli eg j’, Sicily, and the Greek cities in Italy ; the latter ina y, Illyria, Phocis, Thrace , and at Marseilles in Gaul.

Eng . In.12.10812.07212.0849.7689.731

The Oh.™ • „ , „ j fDr. Hutton...

GreeM piC ? 0ot (P r0 P erl y called \ Folkes...> contains, according to. ^ Cavallo...

e Mythic foot, (called also natural J Dr. Hutton...

foot r> . - ^ - - -

lf en ’ °. n fains, according to«nce u &

Th,

I'he g’^Pic stadium is 201^ English yards, nearly.

A ri( j ythic or Delphic stadium, 162^ yards, nearly.

The p; 6 ot Ter measures in proportion.

The M hyleteria u foot is the Pythic cubit, or 1J Pythic foot.The o.^cdonian foot was 13.92 English inches.

lci lian foot of Archimedes, 8.76 English inches.

6 s Table IV.—Roman Long Measures.

8 Sorl lpula - = 1 SicilicumHt>nei? U ' a “* = ■* Duellum18 Ser u Utn = T SeminariaHD;„-. Pu a ” - = 1 Digitus transversus =

8 rr S Ul .

4 £; ci *.

Up lni ®.

llp -> O'- foot1 loupes...

.. 1 Gradus ...

1 2 ? T“a SS):l g S - = 1 Passus.

2 '1 Passus. . 1 Dec em peda

8 Stad".1 Stadium.=120

Th e j et( 11 . 1 Milliare, or mile f =967

°f the Roman foot, in English inches, is stated by variousD T) writers as follows: Eng . In.

fi y Bernard. 114340

By h. 1< ;? rd aQ d Hutton . 11.604

By p kes . 11.592

Bv n, aper (before Titus). 11.640

By s ? me (after Titus). 11.580

By 2buckburgh, from rules. 11.6064

By sa »e, from buildings . .11.6172

11.6 fj sarne , from a tomb-stone. 11.6352

6 l6li^p ln ‘ , seem to be a medium; and, therefore, the Roman

English yds., being 149 yds. less than the English mile.

appears, that

Paucton..

English Pa. Ft. In-

; 1 Uncia, or inch.I Palma minor...

: 1 Pes, or foot* .

: 1 Palmipes.

= 1 Cubit .

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

I

0.725f

0.967

2.901

11.604

2.505

5.406

5.01

10.02

8.04

4.5

0

1 Pr 0 ,

B,

Portion

bboard...* f le ard

to the English foot is thus stated :—

6n

’ Th,

" Collie

and |

.970

.976

OR,

•••}

.966

•“man 1 -9671 »ulo of

f From Rules .9672By Shuckburgh < From Build. .9681C From aStone .9696By Dr. Hutton .967

o of Pliny (according to Cavallo) contained 4840.5English feet; and that of Strabo 4903.

Table V.—Ancient Long Measures, according to Dr. Hutton.

Eng . Feet.

Arabian foot .= 1.095

Babylonian foot.. J 135

Drusian foot .. 1.090

Egyptian foot .. 1.421

-stadium.= 7.308

Natural foot .= .814

Ptolemaic = the Greek foot (see Table III.)

Sicilian foot of Archimedes. = .730

Table VI.—Scottish Long Measures.

Eng . Inches.

An Ell . = 37.2

A Fall. = 223.2

A Furlong. == 8928.

A Mile . = 71424.

A Link . = 8.928

A Chain, or Short Hood . — 89.28

A Long Rood. z= 1339.2

Table VII.—French Long Measures, before the FirstRevolution.

Eng . Inches.

A Point... = .0148025, or nearly yIj-.

A Line . = .088815, or nearly

An Inch, or Pouce. = 1.06578, or, or ■§£.

A Foot . = 12.78933

An Ell, or Aune* . = 46.8947, or 44 French In.;

or, according to Vega, 43.9

A Sonde. = 63.9967, or 5 French feet,

about English fathom.

A Toise, or Fathom ... = 76.7360, or 6 French feet.f

A Perche .. = 230.2080, or 18 French feet.

A Perch, mesure royale = 22 French feet.

A League . = 2282 toises, or of

a degree

* The aune, or ell, of Paris varies, being for silk stuffs 527.5 lines, or46e English inches; for woollens, 526.4 French lines, or 46J English inches; for linens, 524 French lines, or 46|jj English inches; and itvaries still more in other parts of France ,t Formerly 76.71, Phil. Tram , for 1742.

Table VIII.—French Long Measures, according to thePresent System.

Eng . Inches.

Millimetre ... = .03937

Centimetre ... = .39371

Decimetre. = 3.93710

Metre . = 39.37100, or 3.281 feet, or 1.09364

yards, or nearly 1 yard 1^ nail, or443.2959 French lines, or .513074toise.

Decametre ... = 393.71000, or 10 yards, 2 feet, 9.7

inches.

Hecatometre... = 3937.10000, or 100 yards, 1 foot,

1 inch.

Chiliometre ... = 39371.00000, or 4 furlongs, 213 yards,

1 foot 10.2 inches: so that 8 chi-liometres are nearly 5 miles.

Myriometre ... = 393710.0000, or 6 miles, 1 furlong, 136yards, 0 feet, 6 inches.

N.B. An inch is .0354 metres; 2441 inches 62 metres;1000 feet nearly 305 metres.

In order to express decimal proportions in this new sys-tem, the following terms have been adopted. The term Deca

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