Lexicographical Neighbors of Fowths
Literary usage of Fowths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Introduction to Practical Arithmetic: In which All the Rules that by Samuel Temple (1813)
"... -fowths of a foot; therefore, 3 is * 4 is ', 6 is ±, 8 is ' and 9 is 5.
When the figures in the place of inches happen to be 5, 7, 10, or 11, ..."
2. Arithmetic Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction: Being a Sequel to by Warren Colburn (1853)
"... one of the parts is called one third of the thing or number ; when it is
divided into four equal parts, the parts are called fowths; when into five ..."
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