- 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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
- 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...
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
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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...
