12 Of Weights and Measures. 
The French toise (which corresponds with our fa- 
thom) contains 6 feet ? the foot is divided into 12 inches^ 
and the inch into 12 lines. 
The French half- toise was found by the authentic 
measurement of the French academy to be equal to 
38.355 English inches ; and hence 
English foot 
The French foot is equal to 12.785 English inches, orto 1.0654167 
French foot 
The English foot ZZ 11.2632 French inches, or to .9386 
The subdivisions of the foot being the same in both 
countries^ their relative proportions are also the same ; 
so that the French inch ~ 1.0654167 English inches; 
and the English inch zz .9386 French inches. 
feet inch lines Eng. inches 
The old French ell ( Aune ) zz 
: 3 : 7 : 
10.5 French, zz 46.69 
French feet 
English inches 
Fr . feet or in. 
Eng. feet or in , 
1 
12.785 
1 
1.0654 + 
2 
■ 
25.570 
2 
zz 
2.1308 
3 
— 
38.355 
3 
zz 
3.1962 
4 
— 
51.140 
4 
zz 
4.2616 
5 
— 1 
63.925 
5 
zz 
5.3270 
6 
ZZ 
76.710 
6 
zz 
6.3925 
7 
ZZ 
89.495 
7 
zz 
7.4579 
8 
102.280 
8 
— 
8.5233 
9 
' 
115.065 
9 
— 
9.5887 
10 
zz 
127.850 
10 
zz 
10.6541 
11 
zz 
11.7195 
12 
zz 
12.7850 
The French square foot or in. ZZ 1.1 35 10 Eng. square foot or in. 
The Eng. square foot or inch ZZ .88126 French sq. foot or in. 
The French cubic foot or inch zz 1.209367 Eng. cubic foot or in. 
The Eng. cubic foot or inch zz .8268784 French cubic foot or in. 
French cube foot Eng. cube foot 
or inch 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
or inch 
1.2093 + 
2.4187 
3.6281 
4.8374 
6.0468 
French cube foot Eng. cube foot 
or inch or inch 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
7.2562 
8.4655 
9.6749 
10.8842 
12.0936 
