| 100 | fanegadas = x | |||
| 1 | fanegada | = | 48215 | square feet |
| 124620 | square ft. | = | 1 | dessaetina |
| Result 38,69 dessaetinas. | ||||
Table, which shews the length in English feet of the several itinerary measures, and the relation of those measures to 1 degree of the terrestrial meridian, equal to 364420 English feet.
Itinerary Measure.
| Places. | Measures. | Length of each measure —— | Equiv. to 1 degree —— | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feet. | num. 100 | ||||
| Arabia | milla | 6441 | 56 | ,58 | |
| Brandenburg | meile | 34725 | 10 | ,50 | |
| Denmark | mil | 24704 | 14 | ,75 | |
| England | mile by land | 5280 | 69 | ,02 | |
| mile by sea | 6073 | ²⁄₃ | 60 | , | |
| league marine | 18221 | 20 | , | ||
| Flanders | mille | 20587 | 17 | ,70 | |
| France | lieue terrestre | 14576 | ⁴⁄₅ | 25 | , |
| lieue moyenne | 16398 | 22 | ,22 | ||
| lieue de poste | 12784 | 28 | ,50 | ||
| lieue marine | 18221 | 20 | , | ||
| myriametre | 32797 | 11 | ,11 | ||
| Germany | meile | 20587 | 17 | ,70 | |
| meile geographical | 24294 | ²⁄₃ | 15 | , | |
| Hamburgh | meile | 24704 | 14 | ,75 | |
| Holland | meile | 19212 | 18 | ,97 | |
| Hungary | meile | 27378 | 13 | ,31 | |
| India | parasang | 12147 | ¹⁄₃ | 30 | , |
| Ireland | mile | 9110 | ¹⁄₂ | 40 | , |
| Italy | milla | 6073 | ²⁄₃ | 60 | , |
| Lithuania | meile | 29336 | 12 | ,42 | |
| Persia | parasang | 16356 | 22 | ,28 | |
| Poland | meile | 18221 | 20 | , | |
| Portugal | legua | 20245 | ⁵⁄₉ | 18 | , |
| Prussia | meile | 25409 | 14 | ,34 | |
| Russia | werste | 3500 | 104 | ,12 | |
| Saxony | meile | 29700 | 12 | ,27 | |
| Scotland | mile | 5952 | 61 | ,23 | |
| Silesia | meile | 21250 | 17 | ,15 | |
| Spain | legua of Castille | 21958 | 16 | ,60 | |
| legua juridica | 13724 | 26 | ,55 | ||
| legua maritima | 18221 | 20 | , | ||
| milla maritima | 6073 | ²⁄₃ | 60 | , | |
| Sweden | mile | 35050 | 10 | ,40 | |
| Switzerland | meile | 27450 | 13 | ,28 | |
| Turkey | berri | 5476 | 66 | ,55 | |
The following example will shew in what manner the proportion between the itinerary measures of any two given countries may be ascertained.
Reduce 1 myriametre new French measure into miles of England.
The length of the myriametre being 32797 English feet, and that of the mile 5280, I state the following equation:
| 1 | myriametre = x | |||
| 1 | myriametre | = | 32797 | feet |
| 5280 | feet | = | 1 | mile |
| Result 6,21 miles. | ||||
Table, which shews the quantity of English cubic inches contained by each of the corn measures, and the relation of foreign measures to 10 quarters Winchester measure.
Corn Measure.