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Measures for Progress: A History of the National Bureau of Standards

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48 AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY<br />

A 16th century measuring rod, <strong>for</strong> measuring pastures, fields, vineyards, meadows, and<br />

fruit gardens. "To find <strong>the</strong> length <strong>of</strong> a measuring rod <strong>the</strong> right way and as it is com-<br />

mon in <strong>the</strong> craft . . - Take sixteen men, short men and tall ones as <strong>the</strong>y leave church<br />

and let each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m put one shoe after <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r and <strong>the</strong> length thus obtained shall<br />

be a just and common measuring rod to survey <strong>the</strong> land with." Jacob Köbel, Ceo-<br />

metrei, von Kiinstlichen Messen und absehen . - . (1536), Dii—Diii.

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