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English: Stand at the door of a church on a Sunday and bid 16 men to stop, tall ones and small ones, as they happen to pass out when the service is finished; then make them put their left feet one behind the other, and the length thus obtained shall be a right and lawful rood to measure and survey the land with, and the 16th part of it shall be the right and lawful foot. |
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| Source | Geometrei. Von künstlichem Feldmessen und absehen (published first in 1535 or 1536, reprinted in 1608.[1]) |
| Author | Jakob Köbel (1460 - 1533) |
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| current | 05:35, 9 September 2012 | 600 × 463 (222 KB) | Danmichaelo | User created page with UploadWizard |
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