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Ihe 'Proportions of the Long Meafures

by Mr.

The Englifh Standard Foot being divided into loop equal Parts, the other Meafures will have the Proportions to it, which follow. -.The Englifh Foot* from the Standard in Guildhall iooo

The Paris Royal Foot, in the Chatelet 1068

The- Rhinland Foot, of Sneltim. ' • ' • ' '°33

The Greek Foot, 10071%

The Roman Foot, on tie Monument of Coffutius 967 The Roman Foot, on the Monument of Statilius 972

The Roman Foot, of Villalfandus, taken from the Congius of Vefpafian —

of feveral Nations to the Englifh Foot, Greavesi

The Venetian Foot The Ell of Antwerp The EM of Jmjierdam The Ell of Leyden The Canna of Naples

tt6z 2283 2268 2260 687

The Varra or Vare of Jlmeria, and Gibraltar in

The Braccio of Florence ■■

The Palm of Genoa —

The Common Braccio of Sienna

The Braccio of Sienna, for Linnen ■

Th t e Palm of the Architects at Rome, whereof

X make the Canna of the fame Architects

The Palm of the Braccio of the Merchants and

Weavers at Rome 5 from a Marble in the Capitol,

with this Infcription, CVRANTE LV POETO The Large Pique of the Turks at Constantinople The Small Pique of the Turks at Conjiantinopte,

is to the Larger, as 51 to 32.

The Arifh of Perfia ; —

The Derah or Cuhit of the Egyptians

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The Proportions of fever al Long Meafures to each other, by M. Picard;

The Rhinland or Leyden Foot (11 whereof make

the Rhinland Perch) fuppofed

The Englif Foot

The Pari! Foot — —

The Jmfterdam Foot, from that of Leyden, by

Snellius ~—

The Vanifh Foot (oto whereof make the Danifn

Ell)

The Stvedifi Foot.

The Bruffels Foot.

The Tianizic Foot, 'from Hevelius'; Selenographia The Lyons Foot, by M. Auzout — — —

The Xiolopta Foot, by the fame.

The Braccio of Florence, by the fame, and Fa- ther Merfenne ■ — — — ~—

The Palm of the Architects at Rome, according

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720

629

701A 6 5 8£

6$6

■7 57*

1200

to the Obfervation of Meff. Ticardmi Juzout 494; The Roman Foot in the Capitol, examin'd by Mef- Jieurs Picard and Auzout m — 6530^5:-!,

The fame, from the Greek Toot

From the Vineyard Mattei — ■

From the Talm ■ ■

From the Pavement of the Pantheon, fuppofed to contain 10 Roman Feet • ■ —

From a Slip of Marble in the fame Pavement, fup- pofed to contain 3 Roman Feet •

From the Pyramid of Ceftius, fuppofed to contain 3 Roman Feet — — ,

From the Diameters of the Columns in the Arch of Septimius Severus. ■ .-.

From a Slip of Porphiry in the Pavement of the

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657 6;8

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650

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Square or Superficial Measures.

EngUJJi Square or Superficial Measures, are rai- Multiples, Poles, Roods, and Acres; as in the Table,

fed from the Yard of 36 Inches, multiplied into itfelf; and _ French Square Meafures, are regulated by 12 fquare Lines

this producing 1296 fquare Inches in the fquare Yard, the in the Inch fquare ; 12 Inches in the Foot, 22 Feet in

Divifions of this are Square Feet and Inches ; and the the Perch, and too Perches in the A pent, or Acre.

Englifh Square Meafures.

Inches

144

1296

3600

39204 1 568160

feet

Yards

3°* 1210 4840

Paces 435,*~

9

as

27**

10890

43560

Poles

40 160

6172640

1745,6"

Rood _4

[Acre

Grecian Square Meafures, were the Flethron, Jugerum or bits: and Jroura, the Half of the Vktlron. The Aroura Acre; by fame faid to contain 1444* by others iogoo Cu- of the Egyptians was the Square of ioo Cubits.

Roman Square Meafures reduced to Englifb.

the Integer was a Jugerum or Acre, which they divided like the Libra or As : Thus, Jugerum contain'd

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26400

24000

a 1 600

19200

16800

14400

12000

p(Soo

7200

4800

£400

cruples. 288

EngLRoods

Sq.Poles. Sq.Feet.

"9

00

264

2

10

204

£40



a

136

216

34

68

192

26

16S

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20*

144

09

I3S

120

01

63

96

33

00

72

24

204

48

16

136

a*

a

08

63

Cubic