| inch | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | palm | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 3 | span | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 4 | 1 | ¹⁄₄ | foot | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ¹⁄₂ | cubit | |||||||||||||||||
| 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | yard | |||||||||||||||||
| 45 | 15 | 5 | 3 | ³⁄₄ | 2 | ¹⁄₂ | 1 | ¹⁄₄ | ell | |||||||||||||
| 60 | 20 | 6 | ²⁄₃ | 5 | 3 | ¹⁄₂ | 1 | ³⁄₄ | 1 | ¹⁄₄ | pace | fath- om | ||||||||||
| 72 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ³⁄₄ | 1 | ¹⁄₅ | |||||||||||||
| 198 | 66 | 22 | 16 | ¹⁄₂ | 11 | 5 | ¹⁄₂ | 4 | 3 | ¹⁄₁₀ | 2 | ³⁄₄ | pole | fur- long | ||||||||
| 7920 | 2640 | 880 | 660 | 440 | 220 | 176 | 132 | 110 | 40 | |||||||||||||
| 63360 | 21120 | 7040 | 5280 | 3520 | 1760 | 1408 | 1056 | 880 | 320 | 8 | mile | |||||||||||
Jewish Long or Itinerary Measure.
| Eng. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| miles. | paces. | feet.dec. | |||||||
| cubit | 0 | 0 | 1 | .824 | |||||
| 400 | stadium | 0 | 145 | 4 | .6 | ||||
| 2000 | 5 | Sab. day’s journey | 0 | 729 | 3 | .0 | |||
| 4000 | 10 | 2 | eastern mile | 1 | 403 | 1 | .0 | ||
| 12000 | 30 | 6 | 3 | parasang | 4 | 153 | 3 | .0 | |
| 96000 | 240 | 48 | 24 | 8 | a day’s journey | 33 | 172 | 4 | .0 |
Roman long Measure, reduced to English.
| Eng. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| paces. | ft. | dec. inch | ||||||||||||||||||||
| digitus transversus | 0 | 0 | 0 | .725¹⁄₄ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ³⁄₄ | uncia | 0 | 0 | 0 | .967 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | palmus minor | 0 | 0 | 2 | .901 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 12 | 4 | pes | 0 | 0 | 11 | .604 | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | 15 | 5 | 1 | ¹⁄₄ | palmipes | 0 | 1 | 2 | .505 | |||||||||||||
| 24 | 18 | 6 | 1 | ¹⁄₂ | 1 | ¹⁄₅ | cubitus | 0 | 1 | 5 | .406 | |||||||||||
| 40 | 30 | 10 | 2 | ¹⁄₂ | 2 | 1 | ²⁄₃ | gradus | 0 | 1 | 5 | .01 | ||||||||||
| 80 | 60 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ¹⁄₂ | 2 | passus | 0 | 4 | 10 | .02 | ||||||||||
| 10000 | 7500 | 2500 | 625 | 500 | 416 | ²⁄₃ | 250 | 215 | stadium | 120 | 4 | 4 | .5 | |||||||||
| 80000 | 60000 | 20000 | 5000 | 4000 | 3333 | ¹⁄₃ | 2000 | 1000 | 8 | milliare | 967 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
English square or superficial Measures, are raised from the yard of 36 inches multiplied into itself; and this producing 1296 square inches in the square yard, the divisions of this are square feet and inches, and the multipliers, poles, roods, and acres.
English square Measure.
| inches | ||||||||||||
| 144 | feet | |||||||||||
| 1296 | 9 | yards | ||||||||||
| 3600 | 25 | 2 | paces | |||||||||
| 39204 | 272 | ¹⁄₄ | 30 | ¹⁄₄ | 10 | ,89 | poles | |||||
| 1568160 | 10890 | 1210 | 435 | ,6 | 40 | roods | ||||||
| 6272640 | 43560 | 4840 | 1743 | ,6 | 160 | 4 | acres | |||||
Long Measure.
| 12 | Inches | make | 1 | Foot. | |
| 3 | Feet | —— | 1 | Yard. | |
| 5 | ¹⁄₂ | Yards | —— | 1 | Pole, or perch. |
| 40 | Poles | —— | 1 | Furlong. | |
| 8 | Furlongs | —— | 1 | Mile. | |
| 4 | Inches | —— | 1 | Hand. | |
| 6 | Feet | —— | 1 | Fathom, or toise. | |
| 3 | Miles | —— | 1 | League. | |
| 60 | Nautical, or geographical miles, or 69¹⁄₂ statute miles | —— | 1 | Degree. |