"Square yard" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... simplified by weighing a square yard of the cloth and dividing the number of threads per square inch by 1/300 of the weight per square yard ...
— Textiles • William H. Dooley
... aspect of his duty to the community in his quality of producer for the community. We must all come down to the land as the common property of the human race. Parcelled out as it may be—by the mile or the square yard—it is the common mother of all men. We can do without everything else, from lace to marble—from statues to carriages—but food we must have; and the holders of land all the world over are really and rightfully trustees ...
— About Ireland • E. Lynn Linton
... task of making a course from materials which at first seemed so unpromising as to be hopeless. There should be no hurry at this time. Let those who are designing the links walk slowly and meditatively over nearly every square yard of the land at least two or three times before coming to any final decision as to where to place a single tee, bunker, or hole. An open mind is the best to begin with. After one or two of these preliminary surveys, ...
— The Complete Golfer [1905] • Harry Vardon
... custards reinforced with cornstarch, her cream was only "top milk." Even her house was only half a house: the four rooms were matched by four other rooms, with only a central wall between. But Sally had a square yard, and a garden, and Martie came to love every inch of the little place, so ...
— Martie the Unconquered • Kathleen Norris
... worse than the natural obstacles in the way to be overcome, and, knowing every square yard of ground so thoroughly, Ixtli chose the most practicable ...
— The Lost City • Joseph E. Badger, Jr.
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