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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 484 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AREA

AREA.—We cannot here describe these in detail . Usually they were formed in each See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country on the squares of the See also:

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MEASURES

measures . The See also:

Greek See also:

SYSTEM

system was See also:

FOOT

foot, 36 =hexapodes too= acaena, 25 =aroura, 4=plethron . 1.027 sq. ft . 36.96 102.68 2567 10,268 The See also:

ROMAN

Roman system was- pes, too=decempeda, 36=clima, 4=actus, 2=jugerum, '94 sq. ft . 94 3384 13,536 27,072 jugerum, 2=heredium, too=centuria, 4=saltus .

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