Meaning of chiliometre | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of kilometre.

alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“A chilliometre; M. 0; F. 4; Y. 213; Ft. 1; In. 10.2; […] 8 chiliometres are nearly 5 miles.”

“It is the attempt⟳ also of the Arabian and European mathematicians; and is now said to be reduced to precision by the French calculators, in order⟳ to form⟳ a natural basis for all measures. But how their metres, myriametres, and chiliometres, will be adopted by the people is still a matter⟳ of experiment⟳.”

“The springs which supply⟳ these salt-works are about a chiliometre (rather more than half a mile) from the town of Moutiers, in the centre of Salins, a small village near the junction of the two rivers Doron, in a valley of the same name⟳.”

“It appears also from Coulomb’s experiments, that a man going up stairs for a day raises 205 chiliogrammes (a chiliogramme is equal to three ounces five drams avoirdupois) to the height of a chiliometre (a chiliometre is equal to 39571 English inches);”

“Each of these 40 chiliometres has cost⟳ 1,000,000 francs, or £40,000, making the total cost⟳ of the railway independent of the special rolling stock⟳ for working it, £1,600,000, or at the rate of £64,000 a mile.”

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