pied (French) and voet (Dutch) would have been used interchangeably.[citation needed] The source document used pre-metric French units (pied, pouce and...

which was given to l'Académie des Sciences au Louvre. Although the pouce (inch), pied (foot) and toise (fathom) were fairly consistent throughout most of...

1/144 pied 1 linie = 1/144 pied 1 pouce = 1/12 pied 1 zoll = 1/12 pied 1 aune = 2 pied (or 4 pied) 1 elle = 2 pied 1 brache = 2 pied 1 toise = 6 pied 1 ruthe...

Length was measured in toises, pieds, pouces and lignes with 6 pieds to a toise, 12 pouces to a pied and 12 lignes to a pouce. Therefore, the pascaline needed...

singulier … j'en avois rempli une fiole cylindrique, longue de cinq pouces, & d'un pouce de diamètre ou environ; & l'ayant couverte d'un morceau de vessie...

in traditional units as 3 pieds, 11.44 lignes (a ligne being the 12th part of a pouce (inch), or the 144th part of a pied. Peltier, Jean-Gabriel (1795)...

before divided into 6 pieds (or "feet") or 72 pouces (inches). The pouce was divided into 12 lignes (or "lines"). The pied and pouce, at precisely 333.3 mm...

yd 5.0292 m yard yard or verge 9,144⁄10,000 m 914.4 mm foot pied 1⁄3 yd 304.8 mm inch pouce 1⁄36 yd 25.4 mm chain chaîne 22 yd 20.1168 m link chaînon 1⁄100...

in traditional units as 3 pieds, 11.44 lignes (a ligne being the 12th part of an pouce (inch), or the 144th part of a pied. Charlton T. Lewis, Charles...

French man born in Algeria, a former French department. He is identified as a Pied-Noir, name given to the French people by the Algerians in assimilation with...

Paris). Note the dimensions provided are in French feet and inches (pieds et pouces) which are 6.575% longer than British measurements, so they are here...

manière qu'il puissent servir de guides dans l'imprimerie, comme le pied de roi, les pouces et les lignes en servent dans la géométrie. In order to combine...

1960s: "Comme un papillon" 1960s: "On n'a pas les pieds sur terre" 1980s: "Qu'est-ce que c'est" 1971: "Pouce" 1972: "Le Monde à l'envers" 1974: "Adieu Nina"...

with as before six pied (feet) making up one toise, twelve pouce (inches) making up one pied and twelve lignes making up one pouce. Likewise, for mass...

definitions. ligne – 1⁄12 pouce 2.2558 mm pouce – Inch, 1⁄12 pied 27.070 mm pied – Foot, varied through times, the Paris pied de roi is 324.84 mm. Used...

(169 pied) gundeck 53.97 metres (177.1 ft) (166 pied 2 pouces) keel Beam 14.29 metres (46 ft 11 in) (44 pied) Draught 6.72 metres (22.0 ft) (20 pied 8 pouces)...

of length (pieds and pouces) were 6.575% longer than equivalent UK/US units of measurement (feet and inches); the pre-metric French pied ("foot") was...

"outstretched arms". 1 toise was divided in 6 feet (French: pieds) or 72 inches (pouces) or 864 lines (lignes) in France until 1812. In 1799 the metre...

not to the later value in mesures usuelles. 1 toise = 6 pieds; 1 pied = 12 pouces; 1 pouce = 12 lignes; so 1 toise = 864 lignes. The modern value, for...

longueur [environ 6 pouces]. "Les feuilles extérieures de l'involucre sont longues d'environ 3 à 6 décimètres [un ou deux pieds], et sont rudes et finement...

height as "Ayant la taille de cinq pieds et neuf pouces" ("Having the height of five feet nine inches"). By pieds, Casanova refers to the French king's...

Chaud, 2010 (Amiens, France) L’ennemi, MicMac Théâtre, 2010 (Belgique) Pouce! (from L'Ennemi), Compagnie Marche ou rêve, 2010 (Toulouse, France) Mon...

quoting French sources states her length at 147 pieds du roi and 1 pouce, and her beam at 35 pieds 8 pouces, corresponding to 47.78 m × 11.57 m or 156 ft...

87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied) Beam 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) (45 pied 10 pouces) Draught 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied) Propulsion Up to 2,485 m2...

every other nation. Similarly, French pre-metric units of length (pieds and pouces) were 6.575% longer than equivalent UK/US units of measurement; the...

Toise of Châtelet (a toise [English: fathom] is defined as 6 pieds [foot] or 72 pouces [inches] or 864 lignes [lines]), which had been recently renewed...

the Battle of the Nile, 2 August 1798 The units of measurement pieds (feet) and pouces (inches) were Units of measurement in France before the French...

value Length Weight French English English (Troy) Roman 120 pied foot pound libra 12−1 pouce inch ounce uncia 12−2 ligne line 2 scruples 2 scrupula 12−3...

pre-revolutionary France and had been in use since Charlemagne, using pouce (inch), pied (foot). Cody 2001. Gelbart 1998, pp. 61–62, 271. Stanley 1995. Commire...

org. Retrieved 07-03-2007. Napoleon's height was put at just over 5 pieds 2 pouces by three French sources (his valet Constant, General Gourgaud, and Francesco...