Note 2 — PHYSICAL AND GEOGNOSTIC SUGGESTIONS,
Reading edition
Wherever, in this paper, it is not precisely expressed to the contrary, the scale of the Centigrade Thermometer, the longitude from the Meridian of Paris, the French foot (pied du roi=12·79 inches English), and the geographical mile, 15 to a degree of the Equator, measuring 3807 "toises," are meant.