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l 3 e deemed worthy of attention, it may be rendered 
of still less moment, by taking a rod, which shall 
vibrate seconds of time, in the latitude of 44 de¬ 
grees 56 minutes and 4 seconds, which divided as 
above mentioned the 4 7-10th parts will not exceed 
the English foot, more than 2,090,000th part of an 
inch. 
Let then these 4 and 7 tenths part of the rod^ 
when divided into 23 equal parts, be called the 
standard unit, or American foot, and this foot, di¬ 
vided into ten equal parts, each part to be denomi¬ 
nated the American or standard inch, and each inch 
into ten other equal parts to be called lines, and 
each line into ten other equal parts to be called 
points, and to be the least measure of length, and 
theft wt may have a series as in the following ta¬ 
ble for 
