FOOT, 
=k: — owes = 938 308, pieds, or feet of 
fgane, = 1 51st igre = 
30 
omen divide the foot. cane ten digits, and the di- 
ic pe their foot, as we do, intotwelve inches; 
Lhe Eh te ae ” See Fr ene Measures. 
re is the ue mea{ure, ek in 7 and 
t 144 {quare, or {uperfic inches, = 
zaps iu ngs an the glazier’s foot in Scotland 
{quare Sc 
Fi 
otch 
The cubic, or folid foob, is the Tame pape = re thé 
taining 1728 cubic inches Engi 
igs nea re cubic links = .0283 cubic 
reneh Measures 
F. Inch. Li. 
000 o 12 
Paris Be, the royal, by "Greaves 1068 IO 96-7 
Paris foot, by Dr. Bernard 1066 ro 1 
Paris foot, by am, fro’ 
containing fix Paris feet 1065.412 0 © 0 
By Monnier, from the fame 
° 
ata 1065.35 O © 
—— i thefe it may be 
1065.4 ro 94 
Anherdam - - Foot 942 o Ir 3 
Antwerp - ° — 945 Oo II 2 
Dort - - _— 1184 roo2 2 
Rhinland, or Leyden — 1033 Io 4 
DLorrain - » _ 958 oO mm 4 
Mechlin » -_ 919 o Ir oO 
Middleburgh = + — 99t o Um 9 
ee -_ = 920 o lr oO 
Brem - ° — 964 o 11 6 
€ se ° = 954 Oo I 4 
Franckfort on n the Mayn — 948 o Il 4 
Spanith - - —_ 1001 o Ir 0 
Toledo - - _ 899 o 10 7 
oman - - —_ 967 o it 6 
Bononia - - _ 1204 1 2 4 
Mantyg + - —, 1569 x 6 8 
Yeni¢e - -_ = 1162 I 1 9 
, Danity . -_ = 044 © II 3 
Yopeshagen. - — 965. o rm 6 
Pein . - _ ie Io 3 
Riga : : = 1836 9 9 
-' Yura, = - —_— 1062 1 0 % 
The Gree! -_ oe 1007 zr © 1 
_Ol@ Roman = - = 970 °o ao 
Roman foot, from the monte 
ment of Coffutius. in pees - 
“by Greaves - 967- a 010 
a ne oe fame af Stae. . 
““silius, ‘by the fame - = 972: °° 
Of "Willatpanidus, deduced’ = 
’ from the: congits of Vefpatian 986 2 08 0 
, who has induftrioufly collected a variety of 
aithouticn telating to the meafure of the old Roman footy. 
— the = to be ieaily 968 thoufandeh parts of 
he Londen foo y an examination of the ancient 
before the reign of Titus exceeded 970 inhi in-1000 of the 
London foot ; and in the reigns of Severus and Dioclefian 
thort of | 965. Phi 
il. Tranf. vol. li. py 69. p. 7745 
“The Paris foot being ea ° contain 1440 parts, the 
reft_ will be as follow 
aris Foot 1440 
Rhinland - —_ 14 
oman. — 1320 
London - os — 1350 
Swedih  -  - — 1320 
anifh - - = 1403 
Venetian - —  1540% 
aici! Sai — 3120 
Bon - 2 = 16823 
Serer - - — 1282$ 
_ Norimburg - _ 46 
Dantzick -“ © — mak 
Hall - - — 1320 
In Scotland; this meafure of length, though er ep) 
of twelve inches, exceeds the Englifh foot, fo that 185 of 
the former is equal to 186 of the latter. Accordingly the 
Scot Scot ine 
inches. 
apehed ane its proportions. in different countries, {ee 
Meas 
Foor anh or footep, in Fortification. 
QUETT 
Foce as -pa ce, in Architefure, is a flat {pace in fome ftairs 
inftead of winders, always fituated between the ftartin ng. ee 
and the landin 
hen the foot-pace ps ta one quarter of a revolution: 
at the turning it is called a quarter ay and if it occupy. 
half a revolution, it is called a half pa 
Foot-paces are introduced in ae to fave the expence- 
of winders, and to give reft' to the afcendant in. advancing: 
up ftairs. 
oe v of the fore eft, pes force : our ii Cufloms,. 
eee ¥8 inches 3. ox 14 0 mmon 
+ Notandum eft, quod pe pes foci oftatas tempore Ric.. 
Oyfell, in arrentatione vaftoram, eft, “fignatus et. 
{culptus in pariete cancellz: eccietia de Edwynftone, et in 
ecclefia Beatz: Mariz de Nottingham :. Et. di€tus pes cons. 
tinet in longitudine oftodecim pellices, &c.”” Ex. Regift. 
Ab ovo. Loco.in Com, Not 
Foor, Fore. See Fore-foot.. . 
‘Foor-geld: was an ancient amercement; for witagn out: 
the balls of the feet of great. is ae in the:foreft.; to pres. 
vent their rapning aaa king’s d 
ec 
See Ban~ 
‘OoT-gu. aria 
Foor-heoks,. in.a Ship, See Eu vaacuies 
a orary:. See Univ 
cor-bufes ‘amorig Cia, are aries fot lieads- out. 
of which flowers. See Caryx.. 
Foort-ironsy in Engineery, are pieces-of iron plate, which: 
the ndvigators.or beeen Wh rs tye on to.that ‘part ‘of the 
fole of their fhoes which firikes. the top of = fpade_ ‘or 
graftitig-tool,: in. ‘digging hard foil. See Cana 
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