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a fquare frame {cha£ls\ each fide of which is equal to a metre. 

 If the billets have another length, for example 2% feet, as re- 

 quired by the ordinance refpedling waters and forefts, a fmall 

 change only will be required in the height of the frame; and 

 this will be attended with no difficulty. 



The Here will be very convenient. It will be about half 

 the demi-voie * of wood at Paris. 



The demi-jlere and the double ftere may alfo be employed. 

 Laftly, the deci-Jlere, or rather the double deci-Jlere, may be 

 ufed likewife to regulate the fize of faggots, and the meafure 

 of fmaller pieces of wood (cottrels), by determining their pro- 

 per length. 



The other combinations of the Here do not feem to prefent 

 any utility of confequence. 



MONEY. 



The different divifions of money are confidered here as 

 imaginary coins, without paying any regard to the proper 

 value of the principal unity. 



Centime. I he hundredth part, or value of the hundredth 

 part of a franc. 



Decime. Tenth of a franc, equal to two fous. 



Franc. Principal unity of the French money, or the 

 fame as the livre of 20 fous. Its abfolute value, that is to 

 fay, the quantity which it will purchafe of a certain fort of 

 merchandife, varies, as is well known, according to circum- 

 stances. 



* A vote is equal to half a .cord, the cord being eight feet in length 

 and four in height. The demi-voie then is equal to a quarter of a 

 corJ, Edit. 



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