toises

(latitude 52° 45′ south) only 218 toises; even Cape Horn is probably not more than 500 toises* high.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

(latitude 52 degrees 45 minutes south) only 218 toises; even Cape Horn is probably not more than 500 toises* high.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

Norway; and a general theory has been introduced, that, under the line, an elevation of 2400 toises is equivalent to the cold of the polar circle, (Remond, Observations sur les Voyages de Coxe dans la

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

This immense table-land, in 19 and 24 1/2°, is constantly at the height of from 950 to 1200 toises, that is, at the elevation of the passes of the Great Saint Bernard and the Splugen.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

It is strange that the parts of fructification should develop themselves so rarely in a plant which is indigenous, and which vegetates with such extraordinary rigour, from the level of the sea to the height of nine hundred toises, that is, to a subalpine region the climate of which, between the tropics, resembles that of the south of Spain.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

This immense table-land, in 19 and 24 1/2 degrees, is constantly at the height of from 950 to 1200 toises, that is, at the elevation of the passes of the Great Saint Bernard and the

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

It is strange that the parts of fructification should develop themselves so rarely in a plant which is indigenous, and which vegetates with such extraordinary rigour, from the level of the sea to the height of nine hundred toises, that is, to a subalpine region the climate of which, between the tropics, resembles that of the south of Spain.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

Greek feet, (Phranzes, l.i. c. 38,) which would produce a Greek mile, still smaller than that of 660 French toises, which is assigned by D’Anville, as still in use in Turkey.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Nieuwe Kaart van de Kaap der Goede Hoope en der naby gelegen Landen, volgens de Afmeeting van de Abt. de la Caille in 1752. 75 mm = 30.000 fr. toises of halve roeden.ca. 1: 7.8000.000.

Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008

Perche was three toises, 18 pieds du roi, or 19.1835 English feet, or 5.847 meters, or 1.162 English rods.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008