123 



EXPLANATION OF THE TABLE. 



FIRST, find the length of the piece in yards in the table, 

 and opposite it stands the width, in yards, feet, and inches, 

 required for an acre corresponding with that length : 

 Thus, if the length be 278 yards, then against it is 17 

 yards, 1 foot, 3 inches the width to make an acre. 



The width for two, three, or more acres, may be found 

 by doubling, trebling, &c., the width for one acre ; also, 

 the width for half or a quarter of an acre is found by 

 taking the half or the quarter of the width for an acre. 



Suppose the length of a square piece of land is 162 

 yards, then the width for an acre is 29 yards, 2 feet, 8 

 inches, the double of which is 59 yards, 2 feet, 4 inches, , 

 the width for two acres. The treble of it is 89 yards, 

 2 feet, inches, the width for three acres. Also, the half 

 of it is 14 yards, 2 feet, 10 inches, the width for half an 

 acre. The quarter of it is 7 yards, 1 foot, 5 inches, the 

 width for a quarter of an acre. 



The width for three quarters of an acre is found by 

 taking the width for half and a quarter of an acre, and 

 adding them together. 



