- 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...
- 5130740
toises. As the
metre had to be
equal to one ten-millionth of this distance, it was
defined as 0.513074
toise or 3 feet and 11.296 lines of the
Toise of...
- 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...
- 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...
- was the
Toise of Châtelet
which was
fixed outside the
Grand Châtelet in Paris. In 1735 two
geodetic standards were
calibrated against the
Toise of Châtelet...
-
Rayon Astronomique). He
found the
value of 440.5
lignes of the
Toise of Châtelet (a
toise [English: fathom] is
defined as 6
pieds [foot] or 72
pouces [inches]...
-
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...
-
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...
- 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...
-
which had been
measured by
their colleague Jean
Picard in 1669 as 3,269,000
toises. This same year saw
another estimate for the
astronomical unit by John Flamsteed...
