Carpenter  Book III, Chapter 8, Section 11
 
Chapter 8, Item 146a
Ten foot rule
The Ten foot Rod or Rule, is an Instrument of Wood like one of these, being no other than the B=b of a slit Deal plained streight by which Ground Plots are measured, for the laying of Foundations of Houses; it is divided into ten parts, each containing a Foot.
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