-
known later as the
Scotch ell=37·06;
and the
cloth ell of 45 in., used
until 1600. See
yard for details. The
Scottish ell (Scottish Gaelic: slat Albannach)...
- race. The
yard continued till the
reign of
Henry VII., when the
ell was introduced, that
being a
yard and a quarter, or 45 inches. The
ell was borrowed...
- "Cambridge
yard (gl****)"
and an "
ell gl****". It is ****ociated by
legend with
stagecoach drivers,
though was
mainly used for
drinking feats and special toasts...
- Jacob's Staff; Peter's Staff; the
Golden Yard-arm; The L, or
Ell; The
Ell and Yard; the
Yard-stick,
and the
Yard-wand; the Ellwand; Our Lady's Wand; the...
- The
units of
linear measure have
changed the
least – the
yard (which
replaced the
ell)
and the
chain were
measures derived in England. The foot used...
-
Ell Roberson III (born
August 13, 1980) is a
former American football quarterback.
Roberson pla**** in
college at
Kansas State University and had a brief...
-
English and Latin copies, some
which omit
mention of
London and describe "the
measure held at Winchester", an
indication that a
standard ell or
yard was nominally...
- in 1966
and died at home, 25
Findhorn Place in
Edinburgh on 22
November 1974, a few days
before his 73rd birthday. An Old
Scottish Yard and Ell Measure...
- a
rectangle of
width w{\displaystyle w}
and length ℓ{\displaystyle \
ell }
equals 2w+2ℓ.{\displaystyle 2w+2\
ell .} An
equilateral polygon is a
polygon which...
- 10/11 of the old (Belgic) foot. The barleycorn, inch,
ell,
and yard were
likewise shrunk,
while rods
and furlongs remained the same. The
ambiguity over the...