465. Land is meafured by a chain, called- Gunter’s'
chain, Fibjn-the{nTCBtocj;tt8 len g^ ^ 4 .p® s lifi
—(6 6 . feet- I t coofifts, ]|nks> ?aelfe|||
which is therefore 7,9a inches. Land Is eftimated in,
acres, roods and* perches* A n acre contains 10. fquare
chains ; therefore 1 o chains, in length, and 1 in breadth,
make an acre, the form being fuppofed that o f a rec-
t angled parallelogram. A . -rood is one-fourth o f ah
acre and a perch is the fortieth part o f a rood, or it is
a fquare pole. Hence, an acre contains 10 X I — 10
fq.ua re chains— 40 X 4 = 160 fquare .poles= 2 20 X 2 2= :
4840 fquare y ards := 1000X106=100000 Jquare links.
Alfo, 625 fquare links— X fquare pole, or a perch ;
40 perches— I rood ; 4 roods =T-acrc; A fquare mile,
contains 640 acres. A hide o f land, mentioned in the
earlier part o f our hiitory, contained about 106 acres.
466. In Scotland, the meafure o f the land is regulated
b y the eU: 36 fquare e ll sm fa ll; 40 falls-rc; r rood; 4
roods— i acre._ T h e Scotch acre is to the Engliih, as
i.0000 107869. T h e length o f thq chain ufed in
Scotland for mfeafuring land, is 24 ells— 72 .fee tv -
467. In /olid meafure, 1728 'inchesit:i fo o t; and
46676 inches=:27 fe e t= i yard, ' •
>468. In wine meafure, 28 J folid: inclies=I p in t; and
2 3i 'inchesri8 pintsrci gallon. _ , o ;
469. In ale meafure, 35f folid inchesri 1 ;pint; and
282 inches=8 pint.:;—, i gallon.
470. In dry meafure, 33-f folid' inches— 1 p in t ; and
26’S 1 inches:...Slpiiit-Sc. t gallon.
4 7 1 . In Wincpefier corn meafure, 34.3'jfolid*inches— r
pint; and 2724 inches±:8 p i n t s j U I % | 8 gal-
luns— l.hudiel. it
472. T he Scotch quart contains 210 foil'dinches.
473. Forty fqet d f hewn, and fifty; of"! unljesyn tim-.
per, make a. load* 1 1'
Ancient R o m a n . Meafnres oï'Leftgth.
1 1 1 - pSj|! iftfe| I inches.
I)igitps tranfverfus, ■ ■* . - ' * - “ ~ ^ ^
;:3 § Cfncia, _ • V - - * i r ’ - " 0, '0» '0,9688"
___4 _ 3. Palmns minor, g - - - \ ' - • 'V .. ■ /'r'.h ” , : ~ .©*■ ■ . ;P* ‘ ■ ,
26 12 4 ] Pea, •- ■ - •• - 4 - . r - - - ' 1 & ' • 0. 1 li'j&lfljjdi?
s o ‘ : Palmipes, ; Sia ntw i •!>' »>
R c-5. ! * J d
' - 24 . 18 ' 1 6 1 - -I*3f
a d
Cuhitns - . ■ T f o - c t L ' I b . ’ t j . ’
40 j y * 10 2t 2 Gradus, - / . J - e jp 2‘
W. 8'o;; , So 20 s 1 1 4 j '2 ■ Paffus, - I.
10000 l 75° ö . 25OÓ'' 6 i s 506 4 i 6t 250 • la y jstadium, - . . . 201. 2. 5,975;
t8eósö 60000 J20QOQ ■ 5OQO 4000 33353 20QÖ : rcoo jg 8 jMilliare, _ A 1 "1 i’ö ^ . I . J - Xjöt
O f thefe meafurés, the digit, inch, palm, foot,’Cubit and paeje, were in ufe amonigfk. the archhe&s; the foots,
pace, ftadium and mile, amongft the geographers.''
474. O f the ancient Roman fuperfictal jneafirrë, the Jugemm hettfg& nn.it anfwering to the and contain-
jugerum, or acre, was the u n it; and thrs^like the As, iiig in Roman and £ngli(h fquare meafure
Librcfo or any other integer, they divided as follows, the
, P ë e fy jr i Scruples. (Engl, iR'oods. Poles. - Feet. - j
A ^ ' - aB'Boé - - i 2 ■■ 270,07 1
jffohpx ■ , . j 2640.0- 1 B " 2; R | ! , l 33,87
Lfoxtans J sj* I . j g S S | .240 ' : 1’ * z ' i 1 ” 7i64
Dudransc. - - - | 216'Q.o' ! 1 Hi 34 ■■ f i . 42* ' - '•
Bes r Qj'-j,” ï9-2Ó'o"' ■ I M l c:;;
Sjsptunïo */: . U- ; 16800, - 168 1 9 ' . 25'
■ Semis11. :V - . >r 14400 , 144 I M S B h;:i'2.5 ,q3igH;
Qnincuji* - — . ' I200'0 ' - 12 0 e I .. 1 , 78,82 ;t.'f
Triens < - • > ‘ c - .J 960'0 5 0 i] ,3? i ‘i ■ 264,85
■ !i; s 6* 1
Qpadrato . - -- ;. ; ■ . M i - 0 t ’24' fSIgS|l64 v.
Sextans ; f " I - : S ,48 t't< VP/1., É .-, i-6: -. ■ • 132.43
lïncia .* • — . 2dLOO 1 , ; 24. ’ - Ö ■ : , 8 |',,t;.':-6!6',2s x , ■
T h é ^ffiir md/erwas 14400 foet. I|#è| to rfems. T 1 feet equal wU-fifitüicia. The ABut
mini,ms was 4800 feet equal to a fe^am.\ * , , .tEê pIöu'gh goes ! before
T h é G r e c i a n Meafures of Length. ■
/ . Bngli Yds, iF t . Inches/
- - - 1 * ' I g - “ • %
,4 Doton, Dochrae, ' . ; 'V • g | | f ;3»?2324
- JO ^| 2'i Lichas, H t f l C T '-’’ i l ' - 1 * r ‘ . V i - ,7^ % i
‘ II "
2} r I-J-5 d f t h ö d o r ö t r , - , • . \ ' ,„i
12
:, y t ] 'tv jSpjfhame, ^ ( 11,1 .' o - . «■ 9<9f .973
Foot, - " , : 16 ‘ 4 , . . > - 0. 1. 0,09297
■ ■ . 4 4 ï | f'1' i i WÊÊ èpfbit,-':’ ' v 1 0. I. 1,6045^
11 5 2 l x r 1 f i- ^ ' v»« 1 4 ,7 | . v O» , ï»
24 6, 2} 2,Tr a It
T.' '4
i| H ^ | f Él Gdhit.lm’gërj." : , . , , , 0^ j f - <5,13945
gj^_ 4 +
- 1 ;<i,ih«; 96
: : 960a-' . 240.0' Yé r8oof<6ei«>l-^33ï v 3480
3®4°
1
rcfsjba tie-© •» *0i>, -If'
jSl)<f|V<f|»ff||’M ih r ' i T ' *1« i
■ , f --McJ-' ■
r : 768001 193b® o- ^98 iT"£l64004&Ó3 4 2-f#
477, T he ffaditim qonla|q« 4 j ’."S gfomctrióal pace ,
01-625 iffioji . to our furlong, There
were however ita4i$ oKfoiforern lengths, recording.to
different times an^apfoces, This has rfeu4§ K j hinny o f
file recorded Grecian irfeafore ftddrft
..They had a tUdiuro" oï ,it3 to the mite, o^wal to
,169,0348 yards, and another, pit Macedoni‘w > I f e | to
1 *5)9595 ynfds.
» '476. The Gi'icia 1;fjiturt rneh-fiire?was ibepietiroitu: or
neve, eohiajiiiiig, according tqfonie,.3 tJ, .1 oV according
nnd the artntrtii which was
half thepifibmt, Th? J&spptiaH afoure wwt^^ohTS
of IPQCilhUII'.
m s ". ■ •' J* •• S ta ir«