- 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...
- 740
toises. As the
metre had to be
equal to one ten-millionth of this distance, it was
defined as 0,513074
toises or 443,296
lignes of the
Toise of Peru...
- 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...
-
meridian arc were 57,097
toises de
Paris (111.282 km) and 57,061
toises (111.211 km),
giving results for Earth's
radius of 3,271,420
toises (6,375.998 km) and...
-
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....
- pole
along the
Paris Meridian was
calculated as 5130762
toises as
specified by the
standard toise bar in Paris.
Defining this
distance as
exactly 10000000 m...
- and 12
deniers to a sol.
Length was
measured in
toises, pieds,
pouces and
lignes with 6
pieds to a
toise, 12
pouces to a pied and 12
lignes to a pouce....
- 010
Hannover Ruthe 16 Fuß 4.671
France Perche 3
toises 5.847
France Perche (for woodland) 3+2⁄3
toises 7.145
Genoa canna 10
palmi 2.5 Jever, Oldenburg...
- (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...
-
which had been
measured by
their colleague Jean
Picard in 1669 as 3269000
toises. This same year saw
another estimate for the
astronomical unit by John Flamsteed...
