FLOORING

, in Carpentry, is commonly understood of the boarding of the Floors. The measurement of Flooring is estimated in squares, of 100 square feet each, or of 10 feet on each side every way; for 10 times 10 are 100. Hence the length of the floor being multiplied by its breath, in feet, and two sigures cut off on the right-hand, gives the squares, and feet, or decimals cut off. Thus, a Floor being 22 feet long, and 16 wide;

then 22length
 16breadth
132
22
3,52the content is therefore 3 squares, and 52
feet, or decimals.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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* FLOORING
FLUENT
FLUID
FLUTES
FLUIDITY
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