709 



COMPARISON 



OF THE 



STANDARDS OF LENGTH 



OP 



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



MADE AT 



THE ORDNANCE SURVEY OFFICE, SOUTHAMPTON. 



BY 



CAPTAIN A. R CLAEKE, RE., F.R.S., 



UNDER THE DIRECTION OP 



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 SPOTTISWOODE (PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY) FOB 



HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, 1866. 



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