Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 120
h a five-foot rule, a two-foot rule—some part of it dividedinto millimetres—a tape-measure of any lengthover ten feet, a large pair of calipers, and a note-book and pencil, one ought to be able to achieveabsolute accuracy. At present, few of the tables of measurementsfound in books of sport detail… … methods sometimes amounts to feet—a seriousmatter when the measurements of two animals,each taken by a different method, are compared,and therefore the method adopted .should in allcases be stated : otherwise, confusion worseconfounded arises when it is sought to institutecomparisons. Perhaps an…
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