Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution (league) had a number of variations, particularly the "aune" (which was used to measure cloth The "loi du 19 frimaire an VIII" (Law of 10 December 1799) states that one decimal metre is exactly 443.296 French lines, or "3 pieds 11.296 lignes de la "Toise du Pérou"". Thus the French royal foot is exactly 9000/27,706 metres (about 0.3248 m). In Quebec, the surveys in French units were converted using the relationship 1 "pied" (of the French variety, the same word being used for English feet as well) = 12.789 English inches. This makes the Quebec "pied" very slightly smaller (about
The Pied Piper (song) The Pied Piper (song) "The Pied Piper" is a pop song written by the duo of Steve Duboff and Artie Kornfeld, who first recorded it in 1965 as The Changin' Times. Their version reached #87 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. British pop singer Crispian St. Peters scored a major hit with his single during the summer of 1966 when it went to #4 in the United States, #5 in the United Kingdom, and #1 in Canada. The song's title came from The Pied Piper of Hamelin. An advertisement for the first-generation Toyota Echo in Australia and New Zealand. An episode