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The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, equal to exactly 1 ⁄ 320 of a mile, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.
Jean Picard on Hven and Cassini in Paris made observations during 1671 and 1672, and obtained a value of 42 minutes 10 seconds (time) east of Paris, corresponding to 10° 32' 30", about 12 minute of arc (1/5°) higher than the modern value.
Irish measure or plantation measure was a system of units of land measurement used in Ireland from the 16th century plantations until the 19th century, with residual use into the 20th century. The units were based on "English measure" but used a linear perch measuring 7 yards (6.4 m) as opposed to the English rod of 5.5 yards (5.0
[1] The Latin text from the manuscript known as BL Cotton MS Claudius D 2 is translated in Ruffhead's Statutes at Large) as It is ordained that 3 grains of barley dry and round do make an inch, 12 inches make 1 foot, 3 feet make 1 yard, 5 yards and a half make a perch, and 40 perches in length and 4 in breadth make an acre. [2] [3]: 277
Why does it take longer to fly from east to west on an airplane? – Henry D, Age 7, Cambridge, Massachusetts I am a retired United States Air Force pilot and flight instructor, and a few years ...
The 42nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 42 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean. At this latitude the sun is visible for 15 hours, 15 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 6 minutes during the winter ...
The 44th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. ... This page was last edited on 29 December 2024, at 07:42 ...
The question in 1658 was, "Example, if of cloth, which is 1 3/4 yard in breadth, 3 1/2 yards in length will make a Cloak, how much in length of stuffe which is 5/8 yard in breadth will make a Cloak of the same bigness with the former?", with the answer being "Answer 9 4/5 yards." . One of the latter references, from 1874, is mainly unchanged ...