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Re: How long is a Chain?
- Subject: Re: How long is a Chain?
- From: "Simon Harris" <sch57@bigpond.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 22:44:14 +1030
- Newsgroups: aus.rail,aus.rail.models
- Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com)
- References: <385483a3@news.hunterlink.net.au>
- Xref: netgate.bta.bt.com aus.rail:29235 aus.rail.models:3270
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Ben O'Regan <ben@NOSPAMFORemiratespark.com.au> wrote in message
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> OK,
>
> I know how long a piece of string is, but how long is a chain?
>
> I've got a conversion table explaining inches, feet, yards, rods,
furlongs,
> miles and leagues but not chains.
>
> (I recall that surveyors used chains that were 100 something long while
> engineers used chains that were 100 something else long).
>
> From recollection, 1 chain is about 20 metres. Therefore I work out that a
> chain is 65'6" (taking 1m = 39.37", 20m = 784.4'( /12) = 65.5' or more
> correctly, 65'6"). Somehow this doesn't seem right.
>
> Please help, I'm a metricated baby!!!
>
> Ben :)
>
>