Re: How long is a Chain?

[B + J Behan <marodame@tpg.com.au>]

Hi Bob From the World Book Dictionary.7.92 inchs = 1 link , 100 links in
a chain or 66ft = 1 chain 10 chains = 1 furlong 80 chains = 1 mile
Hows that
Bruce

Bob Horgan wrote:

>
>
> Ben O'Regan wrote:
>
>> OK,
>>
>> I know how long a piece of string is, but how long is a chain?
>> So how long is a piece of string???????
>
>> 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 :)
>



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