 | Robert Kemp Philp - Cooking - 1858 - 454 pages
...different countries. Our land measure is that of England. 3208. GOVERNMENT LAND MEASURE. — A township, 36 sections, each a mile square. A section, 640 acres....wide, 80 acres. A sixteenth section, a quarter of a :uilo square, 40 acres. thirty-six, commencing at the northeast corner, thus : The sections are all... | |
 | Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1863 - 694 pages
...from the rock, and NWjN. from the north-east point of Fisher bland. Sand Island, three-quarters of a mile long north and south, and a Quarter of a mile broad, bears NK by K. JK. 2£ miles from the Tortoise rock, and will be known by a hummock which rises... | |
 | Hoy D. Orton - Mathematics - 1866 - 202 pages
...in different countries. Our land measure is that of England. GOVERNMENT LAND MEASURE. A Township — 36 sections, each a mile square. A section — 640...80 acres. A sixteenth section, a quarter of a mile squaro — 40 acres. The sections are all numbered 1 to 30, commencing at tke north-east corner, thus... | |
 | Ontario County (N.Y.) - 1867 - 266 pages
...forfeiture will >e incurred through his failure to make a tender. Government Land Measure. A township, 36 sections, each a mile square. A section, 640 acres....sixteenth section, a quarter of a mile square, 40 acres. T'he sections are numbered from one to thirty-six, commencing at the northeast corner, thus : The sections... | |
 | Wayne County (N.Y.) - 1867 - 280 pages
...forfeiture will be incurred through his failure to make a tender. Government Land Measure. A township, 36 sections, each a mile square. A section, 640 acres....sixteenth section, a quarter of a mile square, 40 acres. The sections are numbered from one to thirty-six, commencing at the northeast corner, thus: The section^... | |
 | Ontario County (N.Y.) - 1867 - 236 pages
...township, 36 sections, each a mile square. A quarter section, half a mile square, 160 acres. A section, 640 acres. An eighth section, half a mile long, north and south, and a quarter of a mile wide, 80 acres. ^?he sections are numbered from one to thirty-six, commencing at the northeast corner, thus: A sixteenth... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1868 - 740 pages
...different countries. Our land measure is that of Enrland. GovHucmiKT Li»n MBASDRI.— A township, 86 sections, each a mile square. A section, 640 acres....sixteenth section, a quarter of a mile square, 40 acres. The sections are all numbered one to thirty ilx, commencing at the northeast corner, hus: The sections... | |
 | Onondaga County (N.Y.) - 1868 - 296 pages
...make a tender. Government Land measure. A township, 36 sections, each a mile square. A section, 040 acres. A quarter section, half a mile square, 160...sixteenth section, a quarter of a mile square, 40 acres. yhe sections are numbered from one to thirty-six, commencing at the northeast corner, thus : The sections... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1868 - 740 pages
...différée countries. Our land measure is that of Eng land. OovnuixBNT LAND МВАГОХЖ.— A township, 8 sections, each a mile square. A section, 640 acres. A quarter section, half a mile square, II acres. An eighth section, half a mile long, north an south, and a quarter of a mile wide, 80 acre».... | |
 | History - 1869 - 730 pages
...Dantzic, 6,650; France (hectare), 11,960; Prussia (morgen), 3,053. Government Land Measure — A township, 36 sections, each a mile square. A section, 640 acres. A quarter section, half a mile long, north and south, and a quarter of a mile wide, 80 acres. A sixteenth section, a quarter of a... | |
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GOVERNMENT LAND MEASURE. A township — 36 sections each a mile square. A section — 640 acres. A quarter section, half a mile square — 160 acres. An eighth section, half a mile long, north and south, and a quarter of a mile wide — 80 acres. A sixteenth... 
