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This section is from the book "The Building Trades Pocketbook", by International Correspondence Schools. Also available from Amazon: Building Trades Pocketbook: a Handy Manual of reference on Building Construction.
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12 inches (in.)......................= |
1 foot ......................... |
ft. |
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3 feet ...................................= |
1 yard.......................... |
Yd. |
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5.5 yards ............................... = |
1 rod ........................... |
rd. |
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40 rods....................................= |
1 furlong..................... |
fur, |
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8 furlongs............................ = |
1 mile ........................ |
mi. |
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in. |
ft. |
yd. |
rd. |
fur. |
mi. |
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36 = |
3 = |
1 |
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198 = |
16.5 = |
5.5 = |
1 |
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7,920 = |
660 = |
220 = |
40 = |
1 |
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63,360 = |
5,280 - |
1,760 = |
320 = |
8 = |
1 |
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7.92 inches................................= |
1 link .......................... |
li. |
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25 links................................... = |
l rod.............................. |
rd. |
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4 rods |
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100 links ............................ = |
1 chain ........................ |
ch. |
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66 feet |
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80 chains ............................... = |
l mile............................ |
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l mi. = 80 ch. = 320 rd. = 8,000 li. == 63,360 in. |
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144 square inches (sq. in.).......= |
1 square foot.............sq. ft. |
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9 squarefeet.........................= |
1 square yard......... |
Sq. yd. |
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30 1/4 square yards...................... = |
1 square rod ........... |
sq. rd. |
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160 square rods ......................= |
1 acre .................... |
........A. |
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640 acres.................................................= |
1 square mile........ |
sq. mi. |
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sq. mi. |
A. |
sq. rd. |
yd |
ft. |
sq. in. |
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1 - |
640 - |
102,400 = |
3,097,600 = |
27,878,400 = |
4,014,489,600 |
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