709 



COMPARISON 



OF THE 



STANDARDS OP LENGTH 



OF 



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



MADE AT 



THE ORDNANCE SURVEY OFFICE, SOUTHAMPTON. 



BY 

 CAPTAIN A. K. CLARKE, R.B., F.R.S., 



UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 



COLONEL SIR HENRY JAMES, R.E., F.R.S., ETC., 



DIRECTOR OF ORDNANCE SURVEY. 



VOL. I. : PUBLISHED BY ORDER OP THE SECRETARY OP STATE FOR WAR. LONDON : PRINTED BY GEORGE EYBE AND 



WILLIAM 8POTTI8WOODE (PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY) FOR 



HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, 1866. 



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