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... stone may mean eight pounds or fourteen pounds ; a dozen consists sometimes of thirteen and sometimes of twelve . If , how- ever , I were to go through all the weights and measures used in this country , I should weary your patience ...
... stone may mean eight pounds or fourteen pounds ; a dozen consists sometimes of thirteen and sometimes of twelve . If , how- ever , I were to go through all the weights and measures used in this country , I should weary your patience ...
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... stones . lbs . METRIC DENOMINATIONS . BRITISH EQUIVALENTS . Inches . 1 Myriamètre 6 376 or 10,936 0 Kilomètre www 1 1,093 1 011-9 or 11 10-79 or 10 and rather more than Dekamètre MÈTRE ....... Hectomètre 109 1 1-079 or 1 and nearly 10 2 ...
... stones . lbs . METRIC DENOMINATIONS . BRITISH EQUIVALENTS . Inches . 1 Myriamètre 6 376 or 10,936 0 Kilomètre www 1 1,093 1 011-9 or 11 10-79 or 10 and rather more than Dekamètre MÈTRE ....... Hectomètre 109 1 1-079 or 1 and nearly 10 2 ...
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Society for promoting Christian knowledge. WEIGHTS . Grams . cwts . stones . lbs . ozs . Drams . Approximate Value of Decimal in Vulgar Fractions . Millier 1,000,000 19 5 9 15.04 Quintal . 100,000 1 7 10 7 6.304 --- Myriagram 10,000 1 8 ...
Society for promoting Christian knowledge. WEIGHTS . Grams . cwts . stones . lbs . ozs . Drams . Approximate Value of Decimal in Vulgar Fractions . Millier 1,000,000 19 5 9 15.04 Quintal . 100,000 1 7 10 7 6.304 --- Myriagram 10,000 1 8 ...
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... stone , furnished an easy means of communication with the opposite banks . Cuzco was called by the Peruvians the Holy City , and con- tained a magnificent temple , dedicated to the sun , which they worshipped , and believed to be the ...
... stone , furnished an easy means of communication with the opposite banks . Cuzco was called by the Peruvians the Holy City , and con- tained a magnificent temple , dedicated to the sun , which they worshipped , and believed to be the ...
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... stones . They were not acquainted with the use of iron , although it lay in abundance around them ; so that we are at a loss to discover , by what combination of metals they had been able to 22 [ STANDARD V. READING BOOK .
... stones . They were not acquainted with the use of iron , although it lay in abundance around them ; so that we are at a loss to discover , by what combination of metals they had been able to 22 [ STANDARD V. READING BOOK .
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Page 234 - I only have transferr'd it to her Eyes. Such are thy Pictures, Kneller. Such thy Skill, That Nature seems obedient to thy Will: Comes out, and meets thy Pencil in the draught: Lives there, and wants but words to speak her thought.
Page 19 - It was conducted over pathless sierras buried, in snow; galleries were cut for leagues through the living rock ; rivers were crossed by means of bridges that swung suspended in the air ; precipices were scaled by stairways hewn out of the native bed ; ravines of hideous depth were filled up with solid masonry...