OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



395 



Feet. 



Subdivisions of R.^''. 



Six-Inch Spaces of First Foot. 



The value of X expressed in the same unit as J" was found to be 

 3.370319 inches. 



Up to this point in the investigation, the following relations had been 

 found : — 



i?/- (meter) — 2.QfjL = A, 



whence 



and 



i?,''= (yard) + 1.6/. = T, 



1.000002G A — [35.999934 + 3.370319] inches, 

 A = 39.37015 inches. 



