- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
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....
- (rare)
Shackle Length Before 1949, 12.5 fathoms;
later 15 fathoms.
Toise Length Toise was also used for
measures of area and
volume Twenty-foot equivalent...
