This section is from the book "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop", by Albert A. Hopkins, A. Russell Bond. Also available from Amazon: Scientific American Reference Book.
144 | sq. inches. .. | 1 square foot (sq. ft.) |
9 | square feet.. | 1 square yard (sq. yd.) |
30¼ | sq. yards. . . | 1 sq. pole, rod, or perch |
16 | sq. poles. . .. | 1 square chain (sq. ch.) |
40 | sq. poles, or | 1 sq.rood |
1,210 | sq. yards. . | |
4 | roods, or . . | 1 acre * |
10 | sq. chs., or . | |
160 | sq. poles, or | |
4,840 | sq. yds., or. | |
43,560 | sq. ft...... | |
640 | acres, or. .. | 1 sq. mile |
3,097,600 | sq. yds.... | |
30 | acres....... | 1 yard of land |
100 | acres................. | 1 hide of land |
40 | hides............ | 1 barony |
 
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