A table telling how many yards, feet, and inches in length, and how many in breadth, it will take to make an acre of land. The Explanation of the Table. If a Piece of Land be 11 Yards and 9 Inches in Breadth, it must be 430 Yards and 8 Inches in Length for to contain an Acre of Land. Again, If the Breadth be 26 Yards 2 Feet, you will find the Length of the same for to be 181 Yards 1 Foot 6 Inches, which is the true Content of an Acre of Land. Again, If the Breadth of a Close be 90 Yards 2 Feet 3 Inches, you must go in Length 53 Yards 1 Foot, which is the true Content of an Acre of Land. Again, If the Breadth of a Close be 123 Yards 2 Feet 3 Inches, you must go in Length 39 Yards and 4 Inches, which is the true Content of an Acre of Land. This table is sold only by William Andrews, School-Master, who is the Author of it, living at the next House to Mr. Cross-Grove's Printing-Office in St. Giles's Parish in Norwich: Price, Six Pence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrews, William, school-master.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acre--Early works to 1800.

Acre.

Measurement--Early works to 1800.

Measurement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet )

Place of Publication:

Norwich : printed by Henry Cross-Grove, in St. Giles's Parish, 1736.

Notes:

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T75320.

OCLC:

642684551