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Compound Measure

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Parent Issue
Day
20
Month
April
Year
1882
Copyright
Public Domain
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rule was given to a laborer in a Clyde boat-yard to measure an iron píate. The laborer, not being well up iu the use of the rule, after spending a considerable time, returneá. "2sToo, MickJ" asked the plater, "wbat size is t&e píate?" "Well," replied Mick, wlt& 4 grin oí satisfactien, "it'a the lengte tf your rule and two thumbs ovw, "with the plece of brick, and the breedth of my hand and my arm from here to there, bar a finger."

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat