Online Encyclopedia

STANDARDS

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 484 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

STANDARDS  of

See also:
AREA.—We cannot here describe these in detail . Usually they were formed in each country on the squares of the long
See also:
measures . The Greek
See also:
system was
See also:
foot, 36 =hexapodes too= acaena, 25 =aroura, 4=plethron . 1.027 sq. ft . 36.96 102.68 2567 10,268 The
See also:
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 .

End of Article: STANDARDS
[back]
BATTLE OF THE STANDARD
[next]
STANDARDS DEPARTMENT

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.