Take several measurements and average them. The best way is to count the number of steps you need to walk a known distance, such as a football field, which is 300 feet. Divide the number of steps you need to cover the 300 feet. For 100 steps, the step length would be three feet.he best way is to count the number of steps you need to walk a known distance, such as a football field, which is 300 feet. Divide the number of steps you need to cover the 300 feet.
In the eagle's beak there is a banner with the state motto, State Sovereignty, National Union.. The dates on the seal, 1818 and 1868, represent the year Illinois became a state and the year in which the Great Seal was redesigned by Sharon Tyndale. Although State Sovereignty comes first in the motto, State is at the bottom and Sovereignty is upside-down.
On to state rock. About the state motto. âShe Flies With Her Own Wingsâ was adopted by the 1987 Legislature as the Oregon state motto. The phrase originated with Judge Jessie Quinn Thornton and was pictured on the territorial seal in Latin: Alis Volat Propriis. The new motto replaces âThe Union,â which was adopted in 1957.