September 15, 1999 Page 5 of 13. 3 Sampling of band-pass signals. 3.1 Introduction. The Nyquist sampling theorem states that to get a unique representation of the frequency. content of a signal, the signal must be sampled at a rate twice the frequency of the highest. frequency component of the signal.
A quarter section, often shortened to quarter, is an area of one-fourth of a square mile, or 160 acres (0.65 km2). It was a common size of a tract under Homestead Acts in the United States and the Dominion Land Survey in Canada.
Sections are customarily surveyed into smaller squares by repeated halving and quartering. A quarter section is 160 acres (65 ha) and a quarter-quarter section is 40 acres (16 ha). In 1832 the smallest area of land that could be acquired was reduced to the 40-acre (16 ha) quarter-quarter section, and this size parcel became entrenched in American mythology. After the Civil War, Freedmen (freed slaves) were reckoned to be self-sufficient with  40 acres and a mule ..