1 foot is equal to how much metre
0.3048
title: Indian units of measurement text: maps at 1:50000 scale. Personally seen on the Punjab but assumed to be used in the whole of India. "Conversion" 1 Inch = Span of 6 Barley corns side by side by thickness, although barleycorns are not a reliable standard of measurement.<br> 1 Inch = 2.54 centimetres<br> 1 Foot = 30.48 cm<br> 1 Yard = 0.914 metre<br> 1 Mile = 1.61 Kilometre 1 coss= 2000 yards Indian units of measurement Before the introduction of the Metric system, one may divide the history of Indian systems of measurement into three main periods: the pre-Akbar's period, the period of the Akbar system, title: Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution text: (league) had a number of variations, particularly the "aune" (which was used to measure cloth The "loi du 19 frimaire an VIII" (Law of 10 December 1799) states that one decimal metre is exactly 443.296 French lines, or "3 pieds 11.296 lignes de la "Toise du Pérou"". Thus the French royal foot is exactly 9000/27,706 metres (about 0.3248 m). In Quebec, the surveys in French units were converted using the relationship 1 "pied" (of the French variety, the same word being used for English feet as well) = 12.789 English inches. This makes the Quebec "pied" very slightly smaller (about title: Foot (unit) text: Foot (unit) The foot ( feet; abbreviation: ft; symbol: ′, the prime symbol) is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. Since 1959, both units have been defined by international agreement as equivalent to 0.3048 meters exactly. In both systems, the foot comprises 12 inches and three feet compose a yard. Historically the "foot" was a part of many local systems of units, including the Greek, Roman, Chinese, French, and English systems. It varied in length from country to country, from city to city, and sometimes from trade to trade. Its length was usually title: Foot (unit) text: pound agreement of July 1959 defined the length of the international yard in the United States and countries of the Commonwealth of Nations as exactly 0.9144 meters. Consequently, the international foot is defined to be equal to exactly 0.3048 meters. This was 2 ppm shorter than the previous U.S. definition and 1.7 ppm longer than the previous British definition. The international standard symbol for a foot is "ft" (see ISO 31-1, Annex A). In some cases, the foot is denoted by a prime, which is often marked by an apostrophe, and the inch by a double prime; for example, 2 title: Brazilian units of measurement text: units were used with local variations. A number of different units were used in Brazil to measure length. One "pé" (foot) was equal to 0.33 m (with local variations). Some of other units are given below: 1 "polegada" (inch) = 1/12 pé 1 "palmo" (palm) = 2/3 pés 1 "vara" (yard) = 3 1/3 pés 1 "passo geométrico" = 5 pés 1 "braça" (fathom) = 6 2/3 pés 1 "légua" (league) = 20000 pés. A number of different units were used in Brazil to measure mass. One "libra" was equal to 459.05 g (with local variations). Some of other units