TABLE XI.

Grecian Feet reduced to French (and English) Feet.

We have said that the French foot is divided into 1440 tenths of a line, of which the Roman foot contained 1306.

The proportion of the Roman foot to the Grecian foot being as 24 to 25, we shall have for the latter 1360 tenths of a line, and a very small fraction, which may be disregarded. 1360 tenths of a line give

According to this table, 600 Grecian feet give only 94 toises, 2 feet, 8 inches, instead of 94 toises 3 feet, at which we have estimated the stadium. This slight difference arises from our having, with M. D'Anville, to avoid fractions, taken the Roman mile at somewhat more, and the stadium at somewhat less, than its true value.

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TABLE XII.

Stadia reduced to French Toises, Roman Miles, and English

[The small difference in the value of the Roman miles, in the high numbers, observable between this Table and Table VII. arises from the neglect of the fraction in the latter, which it seemed more necessary to retain here, both for accuracy, and to prevent a still greater disagreement.-T.

TABLE XIII.

Stadia estimated in French Leagues of 2500 Toises each.