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 | File:FootLabel.png Derivation of a Foot measurement of length
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 | File:BritishYard.png The informal public imperial measurement standards erected at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, in the 19th
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Measurement and Surveying was important in '''[[:Category:Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egypt]]''' because th
...ry from person to person and so standard '''Cubit''' length rods were made and placed in Temples where they could be accessed for reference.
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...g companies, the '''Metrology Department''' ensures accuracy is maintained and standards complied with as part of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_c
...es]]''' and eventually became the basis of the '''[[The Imperial System of Measurement|British Imperial System]]''' established in 1824.
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...ent Egyptian Surveying|Ancient Egypt]]''' both to establish land ownership and to mark out the '''[[Ancient Egyptian Survey Tools|Pyramids]]''' for exampl
...le that two adjacent Strips may have been ploughed together - up one Strip and down the other a Strip width away.]''
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...: Système International d'Unités, SI)''. The system was published in 1960 and was based on the metre-kilogram-second system of units (MKS). There are now
The idea of Metrication or decimals based units is not new and has obvious attractions with regard to ease of calculation. A '''Furlong'''
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...: Système International d'Unités, SI)''. The system was published in 1960 and was based on the metre-kilogram-second system of units (MKS). There are now
...up>)'' thus, 10mm is preferred to a centimetre, especially in construction and engineering.
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...the first known [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveying '''Surveyors''']. Surveying was necessary in '''[[:Category:Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egypt]]''' because th
...cm between the north and west sides - but the difference between the north and east sides is only 6cm!
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[[File:Cubit.png|right|600px|Derivation of the Yard and Fathom]]
...from elbow to finger tip, whilst the '''[[:Category:The Romans|Romans]]''' and the '''[[:Category:Ancient Greece|Greeks]]''' preferred the '''Foot'''. Eve
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