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Acre — The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. One international acre is… … Wikipedia
Acre (Einheit) — Acre ist eine von den Britischen Inseln stammende jahrhundertealte angloamerikanische Maßeinheit zur Flächenbestimmung von Grundstücken. Mit der heutigen Größe von grob 4047 m² ist diese Flächeneinheit vergleichbar mit dem Morgen oder Tagwerk.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Acre-foot — An acre foot is a unit of volume commonly used in the United States in reference to large scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, and river flows.DefinitionIt is defined by the volume of one acre of… … Wikipedia
Acre (Irish) — An Irish acre is a unit of area historically used in Ireland, Yorkshire, and regions bordering the Solway Firth. [Frederic Seebohm. Customary Acres and their Historical Importance. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1914. Referenced at… … Wikipedia
HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY — Names The name Ereẓ Israel (the Land of Israel) designates the land which, according to the Bible was promised as an inheritance to the Israelite tribes. In the course of time it came to be regarded first by the Jews and then also by the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Public Land Survey System — Seal of the BLM The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is a method used in the United States to survey and identify land parcels, particularly for titles and deeds of rural, wild or undeveloped land. Its basic units of area are the township and… … Wikipedia
National Cooperative Soil Survey — From a Report of Bureau of Soils, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1923. The National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) in the United States is a nation wide partnership of federal, regional, state, and local agencies and institutions. This… … Wikipedia
Lot and Block survey system — The Lot and Block Survey System is a method used in the United States and Canada to locate and identify land, particularly for lots in densely populated metropolitan areas, suburban areas and exurbs. It is sometimes referred to as the Recorded… … Wikipedia
Great Trigonometric Survey — The Great Trigonometric Survey was a project of the Survey of India throughout most of the 19th century. It was piloted in its initial stages by William Lambton, and later by George Everest. Among the many accomplishments of the Survey were the… … Wikipedia
