Symbols Used
Description
This section is from the book "An Illustrated Flora Of The Northern United States, Canada And The British Possessions Vol3", by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown. Also available from Amazon: An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 Volume Set..
Symbols Used
0 is used after figures to indicate feet. ' is used after figures to indicate inches.
"is used after figures to indicate lines, or twelfths of an inch. ' over syllables indicates the accent, and the short English sound of the vowel, over syllables indicates the accent, and the long, broad, open or close English sound of the vowel.
In the Metric System.
The metre = 39.37 inches, or 3 feet 3.37 inches."
The decimetre = 3.94 inches.
The centimetre = § of an inch, or 4! lines. f very nearly
The millimetre = r* of an inch, or \ a line.
2 millimeters = 1 line. J
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