Part 296

Reduce 100 varas into archines.

100 varas = x 1 vara = 395,25 lines 336 lines = 1 archine Result 117,63 archines.

English Long MEASURE.

|inch | +-----+ | 3|palm | +-----+-----+ | 9| 3|span| +-----+-----+----+ | 12| 4|1¹⁄₄|foot | +-----+-----+----+-----+ | 18| 6| 2| 1¹⁄₂|cubit| +-----+-----+----+-----+----++ | 36| 12| 4| 3| 2|yard| +-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+ | 45| 15| 5| 3³⁄₄|2¹⁄₂|1¹⁄₄|ell | +-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+----+ | 60| 20|6²⁄₃| 5|3¹⁄₂|1³⁄₄|1¹⁄₄|pace | +-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+----+-----+ | 72| 24| 8| 6| 4| 2|1³⁄₄| 1¹⁄₅|fathom| +-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+----+-----+----+-+ | 198| 66| 22|16¹⁄₂| 11|5¹⁄₂| 4|3¹⁄₁₀|2³⁄₄|pole| +-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+----+-----+----+---++ | 7920| 2640| 880| 660| 440| 220| 176| 132| 110| 40|furlong| +-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+----+-----+----+---+-+-----+ |63360|21120|7040| 5280|3520|1760|1408| 1056| 880|320|8|mile | +-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+----+-----+----+---+-+-----+

Jewish Long or Itinerary MEASURE.

Eng. feet. miles. paces. dec. |cubit 0 0 1.824 +-----+ | 400|stadium 0 145 4.6 +-----+---+ | 2000| 5|Sab. day’s journey 0 729 3.0 +-----+---+--+ | 4000| 10| 2|eastern mile 1 403 1.0 +-----+---+--+--+ |12000| 30| 6| 3|parasang 4 153 3.0 +-----+---+--+--+-+ |96000|240|48|24|8|a day’s journey 33 172 4.0 +-----+---+--+--+-+

Roman long MEASURE, reduced to English.

Eng. dec. paces. ft. inch |digitus transversus 0 0 0.725¹⁄₄ +-----+ | 1³⁄₄|uncia 0 0 0.967 +-----+-----+ | 4| 3|palmus minor 0 0 2.901 +-----+-----+-----+ | 16| 12| 4|pes 0 0 11.604 +-----+-----+-----+----+ | 20| 15| 5|1¹⁄₄|palmipes 0 1 2.505 +-----+-----+-----+----+----+ | 24| 18| 6|1¹⁄₂|1¹⁄₅|cubitus 0 1 5.406 +-----+-----+-----+----+----+-------+ | 40| 30| 10|2¹⁄₂| 2| 1²⁄₃|gradus 0 1 5.01 +-----+-----+-----+----+----+-------+----+ | 80| 60| 20| 5| 4| 3¹⁄₂| 2|passus 0 4 10.02 +-----+-----+-----+----+----+-------+----+----+ |10000| 7500| 2500| 625| 500| 416²⁄₃| 250| 215|sta- 120 4 4.5 | | | | | | | | |dium +-----+-----+-----+----+----+-------+----+----+-+ |80000|60000|20000|5000|4000|3333¹⁄₃|2000|1000|8|mil- 967 0 0 | | | | | | | | | |liare +-----+-----+-----+----+----+-------+----+----+-+-----

English square or superficial MEASURES, are raised from the yard of 36 inches multiplied into itself; and this producing 1296 square inches in the square yard, the divisions of this are square feet and inches, and the multipliers, poles, roods, and acres.

English square MEASURE.

|inches +-------+ | 144|feet +-------+--------+ | 1296| 9 |yards +-------+--------+-------+ | 3600| 25 | 2 |paces +-------+--------+-------+-------+ | 39204| 272¹⁄₄| 30¹⁄₄| 10,89|poles +-------+--------+-------+-------+---+ |1568160|10890 |1210 | 435,6 | 40|roods +-------+--------+-------+-------+---+-+ |6272640|43560 |4840 |1743,6 |160|4|acres +-------+--------+-------+-------+---+-+-----

Long Measure.

12 Inches make 1 Foot. 3 Feet ---- 1 Yard. 5¹⁄₂ Yards ---- 1 Pole, or perch. 40 Poles ---- 1 Furlong. 8 Furlongs ---- 1 Mile. 4 Inches ---- 1 Hand. 6 Feet ---- 1 Fathom, or toise. 3 Miles ---- 1 League. 60 Nautical, or geographical miles, or 69¹⁄₂ statute miles ---- 1 Degree.

Square Measure.

144 Square inches make 1 Square foot. 9 Square feet ---- 1 Square yard. 30¹⁄₄ Square yards ---- 1 Square pole. 40 Square poles ---- 1 Square rood. 4 Square roods ---- 1 Square acre.

Solid, or Cubic Measure.

1728 Cubic in. make 1 Cubic foot. 27 Cubic feet ---- 1 Cubic yard. 251 Cubic in. ---- 1 Gal. wine measure. 281 do. ---- 1 Gal. beer measure. 168³⁄₅ do. ---- 1 Gal. dry measure.

Dry Measure.

8 Pints make 1 Gallon. 2 Gallons ---- 1 Peck. 4 Pecks ---- 1 Bushel. 4 Bushels ---- 1 Coom. 2 Cooms ---- 1 Quarter. 5 Quarters ---- 1 Wey. 2 Weys ---- 1 Last.

Avoirdupois Weight.

16 Drams make 1 Ounce. 16 Ounces ---- 1 Pound. 28 Pounds ---- ¹⁄₄ of a Hundred. 4 Quarters ---- 1 Hundred. 20 Hundred ---- 1 Ton. 14 Pounds ---- 1 Stone.

French square MEASURES, are regulated by 12 square lines in the inch square, 12 inches in the foot, 22 feet in the perch, and 100 perches in the arpent or acre.

French liquid MEASURES. At Paris, and in a great part of the kingdom, the smallest measure is the possou, which contains six cubic inches; 2 possous make the demi-septier; 2 demi-septiers the chopine; 2 chopines a pint; 2 pints a quart or pot; 4 quarts the gallon, or septier of estimation; 36 septiers the muid; which is subdivided into 2 demi-muids, 4 quarter muids, and 8 half quarter muids. The queue in Orleans, Blois, &c. contains a Paris muid and a half. The tun used at Bayonne and Bourdeaux, consists of 4 bariques, and equal to 3 Paris muids; at Orleans to 2: so that the first tun contains 864 pint, and the second 576. The demi-queue in Champagne, 96 quarts; the pipe in Anjou and Poictou, 2 bussards, equal to a demi-queues of Orleans, &c. or a muid and a half of Paris. The millerolle used in Provence, contains 66 Paris pints; and the poincon at Nantz, in Touraine, and the Blessois, equal to half the Orleans tun. The poincou at Paris is the same with the demi-queue.

French Weights and Measures.

The toise is commonly used in France for military purposes, and is divided into 6 feet: each foot 12 inches; each inch 12 lines; each line 12 points. The pace is usually reckoned at 2¹⁄₂ feet.

Poids de Marc, ou de Paris.

24 Grains make 1 Den’r. 3 Den’rs. ---- 1 Gros. 8 Gros ---- 1 Ounce. 8 Ounces ---- 1 Marc. 2 Marcs ---- 1 Pound.

The French have lately formed an entire new system of weights and measures: the following short account of them, and their proportion to the old weights and measures of France, and those of English standard, is extracted from Nicholson’s Natural Philosophy.