Weights And Measures
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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.
Weights And Measures
Linear Measure
12 inches (in.)......................= | 1 foot ......................... | ft. |
3 feet ...................................= | 1 yard.......................... | Yd. |
5.5 yards ............................... = | 1 rod ........................... | rd. |
40 rods....................................= | 1 furlong..................... | fur, |
8 furlongs............................ = | 1 mile ........................ | mi. |
in. | ft. | yd. | rd. | fur. | mi. |
36 = | 3 = | 1 | |||
198 = | 16.5 = | 5.5 = | 1 | ||
7,920 = | 660 = | 220 = | 40 = | 1 | |
63,360 = | 5,280 - | 1,760 = | 320 = | 8 = | 1 |
Surveyor's Measure
7.92 inches................................= | 1 link .......................... | li. |
25 links................................... = | l rod.............................. | rd. |
4 rods | ||
100 links ............................ = | 1 chain ........................ | ch. |
66 feet | ||
80 chains ............................... = | l mile............................ | mi. |
l mi. = 80 ch. = 320 rd. = 8,000 li. == 63,360 in. | ||
Square Measure
144 square inches (sq. in.).......= | 1 square foot.............sq. ft. | |
9 squarefeet.........................= | 1 square yard......... | Sq. yd. |
30 1/4 square yards...................... = | 1 square rod ........... | sq. rd. |
160 square rods ......................= | 1 acre .................... | ........A. |
640 acres.................................................= | 1 square mile........ | sq. mi. |
sq. mi. | A. | sq. rd. | yd | ft. | sq. in. |
1 - | 640 - | 102,400 = | 3,097,600 = | 27,878,400 = | 4,014,489,600 |
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