10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SURVEYOR'S MEASURE»
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1
Buying Commodities By Weight Or
Measure: Extracts Adapted ...
... Measure 144 square inches=1 square foot 9 square feet =1 square yard 30 1/4
square yards =1 square rod or perch 160 square rods =1 acre 640 acres =1
square mile 36 square miles =1 township (6 miles square) Surveyor's Measure .
United States. National Bureau of Standards, 1920
2
Audel Carpenter's and Builder's Math, Plans, and Specifications
Table 5-3 Land Surveyor's Measure Measure Equivalent Equivalent 7.92 inches
100 links 10 chains 80 chains 1 link 1 chain 1 furlong 1 mile 66 feet 660 feet
5280 feet Measure Equivalent 6 feet 1 fathom 120 fathoms 1 cable Linear
Measure.
Mark Richard Miller, Rex Miller, 2005
3
A Manual of Home-Making
TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES^CWtjiued For papers put up in cases,
bundles, or frames, the following measure is now used: 25 sheets = 1 quire 20
quires m 1 standard ream (500 sheets) Square Measure: Surveyor's Measure:
144 ...
Martha Van Rensselaer, Flora Rose, Helen Canon, 2008
4
Charting the Inland Seas: A History of the U.S. Lake Survey
... also LEVEL SURVEYOR'S MEASURE — A system of measurement used in
surveying having the engineer's or Gunter's chain as a unit. See also CHAIN.
SURVEYING SEXTANT — A sextant similar to those used in celestial navigation
but ...
5
A History of the Rectangular Survey System
... Wisconsin, to the north line of the township, by the United States surveyor's
chain was reported as 45.40 chains, and by the county surveyor's measure is
reported as 42.00 chains, then the distance which the quarter-quarter corner
should be ...
6
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
... in laying out rectilinear lines in survey work. surveyor's level Engineering, a
telescope fitted with a spirit level and adjusting screws for use in survey work.
surveyor's measure Engineering, a system of length and distance units used in
survey, ...
Christopher G. Morris, 1992
7
Architectural Working Drawings
... 1 chain = 30.48 meters 52.8 chains = 1 mile = 1609.3 meters Surveyor's
Measure 625 square links = 1 square pole = 25.29 square meters 16 square
poles = 1 square chain = 404.7 square meters 10 square chains = 1 acre =
0.4047 hectare ...
8
The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology
However, units based on a decimal division were also known and used a
notional unit that measured 1 Â 100 cubits (the ''ground cubit,'' or mh:-itn in
Demotic). These were probably reconciled by use of the geometrikon, or
surveyor's measure, ...
9
Geometry: Applied to the Mensuration of Lines, Surfaces, ...
Surveyor's Measure. 7.92 Inches are 1 Link. 25 Links " .... 1 Rod. 4 Rods " 1
Chain. 10 Chains " .... 1 Furlong. In Measuring the Depth of Water : 6 Feet ... are ..
. 1 Fathom. 1. In 2 lines how many points ? Ans. 12 points. 2. In 4 inches how
many ...
B[enjamin] Franklin Callender, 1836
10
The Mathematics Dictionary
Syn. surface measure. surveyor's measure. See DENOMINATE NUMBERS in the
appendix. wood measure. See DENOMINATE NUMBERS in the appendix. MEAS
'URE-MENT, n. The act of measuring. median of a group of measurements.
