MEASURE. 



tern of innovation during the late Revolu- 

 tion in that country, formed new mea- 

 sures, the nomenclature of which is gene- 

 rally disapproved of by the learned of 

 England, and Dr. Young ventures to give 

 them, in some degree amended, as follow : 



Millometre . . . 

 Centimetre . . . 

 Decimetre . . . 



Metre 



Decametre . . . 

 Hecatometre . . 

 Chiliometre . . 

 My rio metre . . 



English inches. 



.03937 



.39371 



3.93710 



3937100 



393.71000 



3937.10000 



39371.00000 



393710.00000 



The' metre is 1.09364 yards, or nearly 

 1 yard, H nail, or 443.2959 lines French, 

 or .513074 toises. 



A decametre is 10 yards, 2 feet, 9.7 

 inches. 



A hecatometre, 109 yards, 1 foot, 1 

 inch. 



A chiliometre, 4 furlongs, 213 yards, 1 

 foot, 10.2 inches. 



A micrometre, 6 miles, 1 furlong, 156 

 yards, 6 inches. 



Eight chiliometres are nearly 5 miles. 



An inch is .0254 metre ; 2441 inches, 

 62 metres ; 1000 feet, nearly 305 metres. 



An arc, a square decametre, is 3,95 

 perches. 



A hecatre, 2 acres, 1 rood, 35.4 perches. 



Cubic inches English. 



Millilitre .06103 



Centilitre .61028 



Decilitre . 6.10280 



Litre, a cubic decimitre 61 02800 



Decalitre 610.28000 



Hecatotitre 6102.80000 



Chiliolitre 61028.00000 



Myriolitre 610280.00000 



Two and 1th wine pints are about a 

 litre ; 3 wine pints are nearly 14 decili- 

 tres ; a chiliolitre is one tun, 12-75 wine 

 gallons. 



3.5317 cubic feet make a decistere, a 

 measure for fire-wood. 



A sterc, a cubic metre, 35.3171. 



We shall now present the reader of this 

 article with various ancient and modern 

 measures, which were selected from the 

 best authorities. 



ANCIENT MEASURES. 



Arabian foot 1.095 



Egyptian foot . 1.421 



Egyptian stadium 730.8 



Greek foot ..;.;.. 



phyletarian foot 



Hebrew foot 



cubit . . . . 



sacred cubit 



1.0G.9 

 1.167 

 1.212 

 1.817 

 2.002 



Natural loot 

 Roman foot 



great cubit=six common cubits- 



. . (after Titus) 



. . (from rules) 



(from buildings) 



. (from a stone) 



Roman mile of Pliny 



of'Strabo .... 



Sicilian foot of Archimedes . . 



.814 



.970 



.965 



.9672 



.9681 



.9696 



4840.5 



4903. 

 .730 



MODERN MEASURES. 



Amsterdam foot 



ell 



Antwerp foot 



Barcelona foot 



Basle foot 



Bavarian foot 



Berlin foot 



Bologna foot. 



Brabant ell in Germany . 



Brescia foot 



Brescian braccio 



Brussels foot 



greater ell ... 



lesser ell .... 



China mathematical foot . 

 Imperial foot .... 



Chinese li 



Constantinople foot . 

 Copenhagen foot . . 

 Dresden foot .... 



Florence foot .... 



braccio . . 



Genoa palm 



canna 



Geneva foot 



Hamburgh foot . . . 



Lisbon foot , 



Madrid foot 



1 vara 



Malta palm 



Moscow foot ..... 

 Naples palm ..... 



canna .... 



Paris foot 



Paris metre 



Rome palm 



foot 



deto . 



oncio 



palmo 



palmo di architettura 



canna di architettura 



Cfcfoot) 



.927 



2.233 



.940 



.992 



.944 



.968 



.992 



1.244 



2.268 



1.560 



2.092 



.902 



2.278 



2.245 



1.127 



1.051 



606. 



2.195 



1.049 



.929 



1.857 



.995 



1.900 



.812 



7.300 



1.919 



.933 



.952 



.915 



3.263 



.915 



.928 



.861 



6.908 



1.066 



3.281 



.733 



.966 



.0604 



.0805 



.2515 

 7325 

 7.325 



