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 [electronic resource].
1736
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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 [electronic resource].
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Norwich : printed by Henry Cross-Grove, in St. Giles's Parish, 1736.
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Great Britain -- England -- Norwich.
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English
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1 sheet ; 1/2⁰.
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Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T75320.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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