Definition of Toises. Meaning of Toises. Synonyms of Toises

- 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...
- 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...
- baselines for this map were measured in 1834 with three toises long measuring rods calibrated on a toise made in 1821 by Jean Nicolas Fortin for Friedrich Georg...
- Adrien-Marie Legendre when he compared 5130740 toises obtained for the length of the definitive metre with 5132430 toises deduced from the distance measured by...
- 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....
- baselines for this map were measured in 1834 with three toises long measuring rods calibrated on a toise made in 1821 by Jean Nicolas Fortin for Friedrich Georg...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...