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