A toise (French pronunciation: [twaz]; symbol: T) is a unit of measure for length, area and volume originating in pre-revolutionary France. In North America...

toises. As the metre had to be equal to one ten-millionth of this distance, it was defined as 0.513074 toise or 3 feet and 11.296 lines of the Toise of...

Rayon Astronomique). He found the value of 440.5 lignes of the Toise of Châtelet (a toise [English: fathom] is defined as 6 pieds [foot] or 72 pouces [inches]...

significantly. The medieval royal units of length were based on the toise, and in particular the toise de l'Écritoire, the distance between the fingertips of the...

based on the toise and in particular the toise de l'Écritoire, the distance between the fingertips of the outstretched arms of a man. The toise has 6 pieds...

was the Toise of Châtelet which was fixed outside the Grand Châtelet in Paris. In 1735 two geodetic standards were calibrated against the Toise of Châtelet...

as the livre métrique) was defined as five hundred grams, and the new toise (toise métrique) was defined as two metres. Products could be sold in shops...

from 1822) 1 toise = 10 feet (pieds) = 3.00 metres 1 toise carrée (square) = 100 square feet = 9.00 square metres 1 toise cube or toise courante (cubic)...

the klafter was the corresponding unit of comparable length, as was the toise in France. In Hungary the square fathom ("négyszögöl") is still in use as...

measured with wooden rods a baseline of 5,663 toises, and a second or base of verification of 3,902 toises; his triangulation network extended from Malvoisine...