The first lessons in numbers : an illustrated table book, designed for elementary instruction . ke the one on thetable. Five and a half times the yard measure will be a rod,and is just the width of the room, Forty times the width of the room is the distancebetween every other telegraph pole, or one furlong. Eight times the distance between every other tele-graph pole is the distance to the railroad-bridge, or onemile. LONG MEASURE. 87 LESSON LXXXI. (See Manual, Sec. I., Exercise VII.)ff^oiig Measure. Long measure is used for measuring distance. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) make 1 foot. feet mak
The first lessons in numbers : an illustrated table book, designed for elementary instruction . ke the one on thetable. Five and a half times the yard measure will be a rod,and is just the width of the room, Forty times the width of the room is the distancebetween every other telegraph pole, or one furlong. Eight times the distance between every other tele-graph pole is the distance to the railroad-bridge, or onemile. LONG MEASURE. 87 LESSON LXXXI. (See Manual, Sec. I., Exercise VII.)ff^oiig Measure. Long measure is used for measuring distance. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) make 1 foot. feet make 1 yard. yd. T1 1°$* A \ make 1 \ rod> ^fh I halt yards j ( or pole, j 40 rods make 1 furlong. fur. 8 furlongs make 1 mile. mi. 69J statute miles ) i ^ ^.277 quarter miles f make 1 degree de^ 360 degrees make 1 circle of the earth, cir. Guliters Chain Measure. Gunters Chain Measure is used by surveyors. TABLE. 25 links (li.) make 1 rod. rods or ] , H , .100 links \make 1 cham- 80 chains make 1 mile. mi. 1 Inch. Note.—A link is about *l\ inches in length. 88 SQUARE Square Measure. Father.—Charley, if yon wish to know the size of anacre, cut 144 pieces of paper one inch square, and placethem on the table; this is called a square foot. To make a square yard, place 9 single squares in asquare, which is just the size of the table. To make a piece of land the size of the grass-plat inthe door-yard, it will require 30^ square yards, which iscalled a square rod. Forty square rods is just one rood, or a quarter of anacre of land, and is the size of the the road inwhich you see the sheep. Four such lots contain 4 roods of land, and is called anacre. SQUARE MEASURE. 89 LESSON LXXXII. (See Manual, Sec. I., Exercise VII.)Square Measure. Square measure is used in computing the areaof surfaces. TABLE. 144 square inches (in.) make 1 square foot. 9 square feet 30^ square yards or121 qr. square yards make 1 square yard,make 1 square rod. 40 square rods ^
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