The first lessons in numbers : an illustrated table book, designed for elementary instruction . 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 s
The first lessons in numbers : an illustrated table book, designed for elementary instruction . 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 ^ j quarter acres orI roods 640 acres make 1 \ TOodf or 1uarter( oi an acre. make 1 acre, make 1 \ s1uare ™ile or( section. Surveyors Square Measure. Surveyors square measure is used in comput-ing the area or contents of portions of land. TABLE. 625 square links make 1 square rod. sq. r< 16 square rods make 1 square chain, sq. ch. 10 square chains make 1 acre. A. 640 acres make 1 square* mile. sq. mi. 36 square miles make 1 township. T. .rd. 90 CUBIC Cubic Measure. In building the walls of a cellar, or of abuilding, the amount of stone or brick used isdetermined by cubic measure. A cubic inch isa square block 1 inch long, 1 inch wide, and 1inch thick, thus: 1 cubic inch. A row of 10 cubic inches. A lier of 100 cublc inchea-
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