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
L'Autre Pied into the table-tops. In January 2009, the restaurant was awarded its first Michelin Star for creative dishes at L'Autre Pied. L'Autre Pied L'Autre Pied is a one Michelin star restaurant situated in Marylebone, in London’s West End in England, specialising in French cuisine. The restaurant opened 1 November 2007 led by Marcus Eaves with the backing of established restaurateur David Moore of sister restaurant, Pied à Terre and pop-up restaurant Pieds Nus. When Eaves moved across to take the Head Chef role at Pied à Terre, Andy McFadden took over the reins. Andy continued to impress diners and critics and