7oy 



COMPARISON 



STANDARDS OF LENGTH 



ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM, PRUSSIA, RUSSIA, INDIA, AND AUSTRALIA, 



THE ORDKAi^^CE SURVEY OFFICE, SOUTHAMPTON. 



BY 



Captain A. R. CLARKE, R.E., F.R.S., 



UNDER THE DIRECTION OP 



Colonel Sir HENRY JAMES, R.E., F.R.S., etc., 



DIRECTOE OF ORDNANCE SDEVET. 



VOL. I.: PUBLISHED BT ORDER OP THE SECRETART OP STATE FOR WAR. LONDON: PRINTED BY GEORGE ETEE AN4> 



WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE (PRINTERS TO THE (JCEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY) FOR 



HER majesty's STATIONERY OFFICE, 1S66. 



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