Men and Measures

CHAPTER IV

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THE INVOLUTION OF LINEAR MEASURES FROM WEIGHTS THE ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH AND OF THE RHINELAND FOOT

1. The English foot 49 2. The Rhineland foot 52 3. The pán of Marseilles 53 4. The filiation of the English foot, of the Rhineland foot, and of the pán of Marseilles 55