- A
toise (French pronunciation: [twaz]; symbol: T) is a unit of
measure for length, area and
volume originating in pre-revolutionary France. In
North America...
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measured with
wooden rods a
baseline of 5,663
toises, and a
second or base of
verification of 3,902
toises; his
triangulation network extended from Malvoisine...
- significantly. The
medieval royal units of
length were
based on the
toise, and in
particular the
toise de l'Écritoire, the
distance between the
fingertips of the...
- length. A
wrought iron ruler, the
Toise of Peru, also
called Toise de l'Académie, was the
French primary standard of the
toise, and the
metre was officially...
-
based on the
toise and in
particular the
toise de l'Écritoire, the
distance between the
fingertips of the
outstretched arms of a man. The
toise has 6 pieds...
-
toise (fathom) was
slightly shorter than 2 m and was
standardised at
exactly 2 m in the
mesures usuelles system, such that 1 m was
exactly 1⁄2
toise....
-
length of the
metre was established, in
relation to the
Toise de l'Académie also
called toise of Peru,
which had been
constructed in 1735 for the French...
- as the
livre métrique) was
defined as five
hundred grams, and the new
toise (
toise métrique) was
defined as two metres.
Products could be sold in shops...
- half a line. Note:
Pascal used
pouce and
ligne for "inch" and "line", and
toise for "fathom". In a
reply to Étienne Noël, who
believed in the plenum, Pascal...
- the
klafter was the
corresponding unit of
comparable length, as was the
toise in France. In
Hungary the
square fathom ("négyszögöl") is
still in use as...
