PALM

, an ancient long measure, taken from the extent of the hand.

The Roman Palm was of two kinds: the great Palm, taken from the length of the hand, answered to our span, and contained 12 fingers, digits, or fingers breadths, or 9 Roman inches, equal to about 8 1/<*> English inches. The small Palm, taken from the breadth of the hand, contained 4 digits or fingers, equal to about 3 English inches.

The Greek Palm, or Doron, was also of two kinds. The small contained 4 fingers, equal to little more than 3 inches. The great Palm contained 5 fingers. The Greek double Palm, called Dichas, contained also in proportion.

The Modern Palm is different in different places where it is used. It contains,

Inc.Lines
At Rome83 1/2
At Naples, according to Riccioli,80
Ditto, according to others,87
At Genoa99
At Morocco and Fez72
Languedoc, and some other parts of France,99
The English Palm is30

PALM-SUNDAY, the last Sunday in Lent, or the Sunday next before Easter Day. So called, from the primitive days, on account of a pious ceremony then in use, of bearing Palms, in memory of the triumphant entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, eight days before the feast of the passover.

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

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PALILICUM
PALISADES
PALLADIO (Andrew)
PALLETS
PALLIFICATION
* PALM
PAPPUS
PARABOLA
PARABOLOIDES
PARALLAX
PARALLEL