ME A
136
ME A
prefixed denotes 10 times ; Heca, 100 times ; Chilio, 1000times ; and Myrio, 10,000 times. On the other hand, Deciexpresses the tenth part; Centi, the hundredth part; andMilli, the thousandth part ; so that Decametre signifies 10metres; and a Decimetre, the tenth part of a metre, &c. &c.The Metre is the element of long measures ; Are, that ofsquare measures ; Stere, that of solid measures ; the Litre isthe element of all measures of capacity; and the Gramme,which is the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water,is the element for all weights.
Table IX.—Proportions of several Long Measures to eachother, by M. Picard.
Parts.
The Rhinland , or Leyden foot, (12 whereof make the
Rhinland perch) supposed . 696
The Amsterdam foot, from that of Leyden, by
Snellius. 629
The Danish foot (two whereof make the Danish ell) 701 1 a (T
The Brussels foot. 609f
The Dantzic foot, from Hevelius ’s Selenographia ... 636
The Lyons foot, by M. Auzout . 757§
The Bologna foot, by the same . 843
The braccio of Florence, by the same, and father
Mersenne . 1290
The palm of the architects at Rome , according to the
observations of Messrs. Picard and Auzout. 494^
The Roman foot in the Capitol, examined by Messrs.
Picard and Auzout .653 or 653^
The same from the Greek foot. 652
From the vineyard Mattei . 657-|
From the palm. 658^
From the pavement of the Pantheon, supposed to
contain 10 Roman feet. 653
From a slip of marble in the same pavement, sup-posed to contain 3 Roman feet. 650
From the pyramid of Cestius , supposed to contain
95 Roman feet . 653^
From the diameters of the columns in the arcli of
From a slip of porphyry in the pavement of the
Pantheon . 653£
Table X.—Proportions of the Long Measures of severalNations to the English Foot, taken from Greaves, Auzout,Picard, and Eisenchmid.
The English standard foot being divided into 1000 equalparts, the other measures will have the proportions to it which
follow:—
Parts. Inches.
Venetian foot. 1162 13.944
Strasburg foot . 952 11.424
Dantzic foot . 944 11.328
Derahor cubit of Cairo . 1824 21.888
Greater Turkish pike . 2200 26.4
Lesser Turkish pike . 2131 25.572
Braccio at Florence . 1913 22.956
Parts. Inches-
Braccio for woollen at Sienna . 1242 14.904
Braccio for linen at Sienna . 1974 23.688
Canna at Naples . 6880 82.56
Vera, at Almeira and Gibraltar ... 2760 33.12
Palmo di Archtetti at Rome . 7320 87.84
Fanna di Archtetti . 7320 87.84
Palmo di braccio di mercantia . 695^ 8.346
Genoa palm . 815 9.78
Bolognian foot . 1250 15.
Leyden ell. 2260 27-12
Table XI.—Modern Long Measures of several CovFcompared with English Feet .
Compiled by Dr. Young, from various Authorities-
Eng. Ft.
( .927
( .931
Ancona, foot . 1.282
Barcelona, foot .992
Basle, foot .994
Berlin, foot.992
Berne, foot .962
Besangon, foot. 1.015
Bologna, foot . j
Bourg en Bresse , foot 1.030Brabant, ell, in Ger- f g ggg
many . (
Bremen, foot .955
Brescian, braccio. 2.092
Brussels, foot . .i .954
Brussels, greater ell... 2.278Brussels, lesser ell ... 2.245
Castilian, vara. 2.746
China , mathematical f ^foot . (
China , imperial foot... { 1.050
Chinese, li .606.
Cologne, foot .903
Constantinople , foot... { 1.165
Copenhagan, foot. 1.049
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