Philosophical Transactions (1760) - Matthew Raper

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The methods that have hitherto been taken to discover the measure of the Roman foot, will, upon examination, be found so unsatisfactory, that it is no wonder the learned are not yet agreed on that point... 9 London inches are equal to 8.447 Paris inches.

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