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A Handbook of Measures: Measure

Long Measure. This measure is used in measuring lines or distances when length only is considered. 3 barleycorns 12 lines I inch.

I inch.

I foot. 12 inches 3 feet 16½ feet, or 5½ yards 40 rods 8 furlongs I statute miles. 3 2/20 statute miles .. 60 geographical miles 69% statute miles 360 degrees... 3 inches 4 inches 9 inches I 1/2 feet 6 feet I yard. = I rod, perch, or pole.

I furlong. 320 rods = 1760 yards = 5280 ft. I statute mile. = I geographical mile.

I league.

I degree.

I equatorial degree (nearly). circumference of the earth.

I palm.

I hand.

I span.

I cubit (Scripture).

I fathom.

Miles of Nations.-Indicated by, and compared with, English yards, they are as follows:-Arabian, 2148; Bohemian, 10,137; Brabant, 6082; Burgundy, 6183; Chinese (lis), 629; Danish, 8244; Dutch, 6395; English, 1760; do. (geographical), 2025; Flemish, 6869; French (league), 4860; do. (marine league), 6075; do. (legal league), 4263; German (long), 10,126; do. (short), 6859; do. (geographical), 8100; Hamburg, 8244; Hanoverian, 11,559; Hungarian, 9110; Irish, 2240; Italian, 2025; Persian (parasang), 6086; Poland (long), 8130; do. (short), 6071; Portuguese (legoas), 6768; Prussian, 8462; Roman (ancient), 1615; do. (modern), 2027; Russian (verst), 1165; Saxon, 9904; Scotch, 1983; Silesian, 7086; Spanish (leguas, common), 7415; do, (do. legal), 4936; Swedish, 11,703; Swiss, 9155; Turkey (verries), 1826.

Surveyors' Superficial Measure.- 62.726 square inches. = I square link. 2.295 square links = 20.655 square links I square foot. = I square yard. 625 square links I square pole. 10,000 square links I square chain. 25,000 square links or 2.5 square chains = = rood. 100,000 square links or 10 square chains I acre.

Square Measure.. 9 square feet. 100 square feet. 27214 square feet. 36 square yards = I square yard. = I square of flooring. = I square rod. = I rood of building.

Stock bricks = 83/4 inches by 4/4 by 23/4.

Welsh fire bricks. = 9 inches by 4½ by 23/4.

Dutch clinkers = 614 inches by 3 by 12.

A rod of brickwork = 306 cubic feet or 111/3 cubic yards, and contains about 4500 bricks with about 75 cubic feet of mortar.