A military dictionary

by William Duane

Long Measure. The English standard long measure, or that whereby the quantities of things are ordinarily estimated, is the yard containing three English feet, equal to three Paris feet one inch and ³⁄₁₂ths of an inch, or ⁷⁄₉ths of a Paris ell. Its subdivisions are the foot, span, palm, inch, and barley-corn: its multipliers are the pace, fathom, pole, furlong, and mile.

Table, which shews the length in English lines of the several long measures, and the relation of foreign measures to 100 English feet.

Long measure.

Places.	Measure.	Length of each measure ——		Equiv. to 100 feet ——
		Lines 100		num. 100
Aix la Chapelle	foot	136	,90	105	,19
Amsterdam	foot	134	,25	107	,26
Anspach	foot	140	,63	102	,40
Antwerp	foot	134	,86	106	,75
Augsburg	foot	139	,88	102	,94
Basil	foot	140	,85	102	,24
Bavaria	foot	105	,05	137	,08
Bergen	palm	41	,87	343	,92
Berlin	foot	146	,27	98	,45
Bern	foot	138	,50	103	,97
Bologna	paso	896	,	16	,07
	foot	179	,20	80	,36
Bremen	foot	136	,58	105	,43
Brescia	braccio	221	,06	65	,14
Breslaw	foot	134	,25	107	,26
Briel	foot	158	,30	90	,97
Brunswick	foot	134	,77	106	,86
Brussels	foot	137	,43	104	,78
Cagliari	palmo	95	,67	150	,52
Cairo	derah	262	,	54	,96
Carara	palmo	115	,20	125	,
Castille	paso	658	,75	21	,86
	foot	131	,75	109	,30
	palmo	98	,81	145	,73
China	foot for merchants	159	,80	90	,11
	foot for mathematicians	157	,35	91	,51
	kongpu for architects	152	,45	94	,46
	foot land measure	150	,96	95	,39
Cleves	foot	139	,56	103	,18
Cologne	foot	129	,97	110	,80
Constantinople	foot	334	,50	43	,05
Cracow	foot	168	,33	85	,55
Dantzic	foot	135	,50	106	,27
Denmark	faum	889	,32	16	,19
	foot	148	,22	97	,15
Dordrecht	foot	170	,	84	,71
Dresden	foot	133	,65	107	,74
Egypt	derah	262	,	54	,96
Embden	foot	139	,88	102	,94
England	foot	144	,	100	,
Erfurt	foot	133	,28	108	,05
Ferrol	codo	263	,	54	,75
	foot	131	,50	109	,50
	palmo	32	,87	438	,
Florence	braccio	258	,90	55	,62
France	toise	920	,46	15	,64
	pied de roi	153	,41	93	,86
	metre	472	,27	30	,49
Francfort on the Maine	foot	135	,30	106	,43
Geneva	foot	230	,44	62	,49
Genoa	palmo	118	,58	121	,44
Goes	foot	141	,60	101	,70
Gottingen	foot	137	,43	104	,78
Gotha	foot	135	,85	106	,
Greece	foot	144	,68	99	,53
Groningen	foot	137	,97	104	,37
Halle	foot	140	,63	102	,40
Hamburgh	foot	135	,30	106	,43
Hanover	foot	137	,43	104	,78
Harlem	foot	137	,43	104	,78
Hague	foot	153	,41	93	,88
Heidelberg	foot	131	,57	109	,44
Hildesheim	foot	132	,26	108	,88
Holland	foot	134	,25	107	,26
Holstein	foot	140	,95	102	,16
Inspruck	foot	150	,	96	,
Konigsberg	foot	145	,32	99	,09
Leghorn	palmo	32	,87	438	,
	braccio	258	,90	55	,62
Leipsic	foot	133	,50	107	,86
Leyden	foot	148	,08	97	,24
Liege	foot	135	,85	106	,
Lisbon	foot	159	,92	90	,05
	palmo long measure	106	,62	135	,06
	palmo short measure	103	,56	139	,05
London	foot	144	,	100	,
Louvain	foot	134	,86	106	,75
Lubeck	foot	137	,43	104	,78
Lunenburg	foot	137	,43	104	,78
Lyons	foot	161	,40	89	,22
Magdeburg	foot	133	,92	107	,53
Manheim	foot	137	,	105	,10
Mantua	braccio	219	,70	65	,54
Mastrick	foot	132	,64	108	,57
Mecklenburg	foot	137	,43	104	,78
Mentz	foot	142	,23	101	,25
Middleburg	foot	141	,70	101	,62
Milan	foot	187	,50	76	,80
Munich	foot	105	,05	137	,08
Muscovy	foot	158	,	91	,14
Naples	palmo	124	,54	115	,62
Neufchatel	foot	141	,70	101	,62
Nuremburg	foot	143	,50	100	,35
Oldenburg	foot	139	,88	102	,94
Osnaburg	foot	131	,90	109	,17
Padua	foot	167	,25	86	,10
Palermo	palmo	114	,84	125	,39
Paris	toise	920	,46	15	,64
	pied de roi	153	,41	93	,86
	metre	472	,27	30	,49
Parma	braccio	258	,15	55	,73
Persia	arisch	459	,20	31	,36
Placentia	braccio	258	,14	55	,78
Pomerania	foot	137	,97	104	,37
Prague	foot	142	,55	101	,02
Ratzeburg	foot	137	,43	104	,78
Reggio	braccio	250	,20	57	,55
Revel	foot	126	,40	113	,92
Rhine	foot	148	,23	97	,15
Riga	foot	129	,45	111	,24
	foot of Holland	134	,25	107	,26
Rimini	braccio	256	,75	56	,08
Rome	foot	139	,14	103	,50
	palmo	105	,47	136	,53
Rostock	foot	136	,58	105	,43
Rotterdam	foot	147	,55	97	,59
Rouen	foot	127	,84	112	,64
Russia	foot Rhenish	148	,23	97	,15
	foot English	144	,	100	,
Samos	foot	163	,40	88	,13
Sardinia	palmo of Genoa	118	,58	121	,44
	palmo of Cagliari	95	,68	150	,50
Siam	ken	453	,85	31	,73
Stade	foot	137	,43	104	,78
Stettin	foot	133	,50	107	,86
Stockholm	foot	140	,20	102	,71
Stralsund	foot	133	,50	107	,86
Strasburg	foot	136	,66	105	,37
Sweden	faum	841	,20	17	,12
	foot	140	,20	102	,71
Switzerland	foot	141	,70	101	,62
Turin	foot	152	,56	94	,39
Ulm	foot	136	,48	105	,50
Utrecht	foot	128	,90	111	,71
Valencia	foot	142	,72	100	,90
Venice	foot	164	,07	87	,77
Verden	foot	137	,43	104	,78
Verona	foot	164	,07	87	,77
Vienna	foot	151	,28	95	,18
Wirtemberg	foot	137	,43	104	,78
Wismar	foot	138	,93	103	,65
Zell	foot	137	,43	104	,78
Ziriczee	foot	146	,60	98	,23
Zurich	foot	141	,70	101	,62

The following examples will shew in what manner the proportion between the long measures of any two given countries may be ascertained.

Examples.

It is required to reduce 100 metres new measure of France into feet of Hamburgh.

The French metre measuring 472,27 English lines, and the Hamburgh foot 135,30, according to the [table] prefixed, I state the following equation:

				100		metres = x
1		metre	=	472	,27	lines
135	,30	lines	=	1		foot
Result 349,05 feet.

Reduce 100 feet of Hamburgh into metres of France.