 | United States. Department of State, John Quincy Adams - 1821 - 276 Seiten
...span is found equal to half the cubit, the palm to one third of the span, and the finger to one fourth of the palm. The cubit is thus, for the mensuration...the mensuration of distance, the foot will be found at once equal to one fifth of the pace, and one sixth of the fathom. Nor are the diversities of nature,... | |
 | Philadelphia College of Pharmacy - 1831 - 360 Seiten
...sole of the foot. By division we obtain the smaller measures: the span is equal to half the cubit, the palm to one-third of the span, and the finger to one-fourth of the palm. The cubit is thus as a measure divided into twenty-four equal parts, with subdivisions of which, two, three, and four... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1887 - 494 Seiten
...sole of the foot. For subdivisions, and smaller measures, the span is found equal to half the cubit, the palm to one-third of the span, and the finger...one-fifth of the pace and one-sixth of the fathom" (Adamt't Report). "The fingers," says Dr. Lardner, "were naturally the first objects which presented... | |
 | American Pharmaceutical Association - 1859 - 442 Seiten
...sole of the foot. For subdivisions, and smaller measures, the span is found equal to half the cubit, the palm to one-third of the span, and the finger...the mensuration of matter, naturally divided into 2± equal parts, with subdivisions of which 2, 3, and 4, are the factors ; while for the mensuration... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1871 - 386 Seiten
...sole of the foot. For subdivisions and smaller measures, the span is found equal to half the cubit, the palm to one-third of the span, and the finger...the mensuration of distance, the foot will be found at once equal to one- third of the pace, and onesixth of the fathom. Nor are the diversities of nature,... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1871 - 394 Seiten
...sole of the foot. For subdivisions and smaller measures, the span is found equal to half the cubit, the palm to one-third of the span, and the finger...the mensuration of matter, naturally divided into 2-t equal parts, with subdivisions of which 2, 3, and 4, are the factors ; while, for the mensuration... | |
 | 1925 - 870 Seiten
...sole of the foot. For subdivisions and smaller measures, the span is found equal to half the cubit, the palm to one-third of the span, and the finger...the mensuration of distance, the foot will be found at once equal to one-fifth of the pace, and one-sixth of the fathom.1 The metric system was a deliberate... | |
 | Charles Hubbard Judd - 1926 - 362 Seiten
...sole of the foot. For subdivisions and smaller measures, the span is found equal to half the cubit, the palm to one-third of the span, and the finger...the mensuration of distance, the foot will be found at once equal to one-fifth of the pace, and one-sixth of the fathom.1 The fact that measures of weight... | |
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... that, the fathom, or extent from the extremity of one middle finger to that of the other, with expanded arms, an exact equivalent to the stature of man, or extension from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot. For subdivisions and smaller... 