 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 358 pages
...4 roods 1 acre, A. 640 acres 1 square mile, . . . sq. mi. ALSO, 7-$,% inches .... 1 link, ....... L 4 rods or 66 feet . . 1 chain, ...... ch. 80 chains ...... 1 mile, ...... mi. 1 square chain . . .16 perches, ..... P. 10 square chains ... 1 acre, ...... A. KOTE.~ I/and is measured... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Geometry - 1868 - 284 pages
...CDA. 52. Distances upon the ground are usually measured hy a chain, called Gunter's Cfiain. This chain is 4 rods or 66 feet long, and consists of 100 links. Sometimes a half chain is used, consisting of 50 links. 53. Angles are measured by various instruments.... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 204 pages
...A. 640 acres are 1 square mile, . . sq. mi. NOTES. — 1. Land Surveyors use Gunter's Chain, which is 4 rods or 66 feet long, and consists of 100 links, each link being 7T952ff inches long. A square chain is 16 square rods, and 10 square chains are 1 acre.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1871 - 384 pages
...inches high is a horse that measures 14£ hands ? Ans. 58. SURVEYORS' LONG MEASURE. 1!M. A Gnnter's Chain, used by land surveyors, is 4 rods or 66 feet long, and consists of 100 links. TABLE. Vs. inches (in.) make 1 link L 25 links " 1 rod rd. 4 rods, or 66 feet, " 1 chain ..ch. 80 chains "... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1871 - 300 pages
...1. In. 1 — 80 = 320 = 8000 = 63360 1 = 4 = 100 = 792 1 = 25 = 198 1 = 7.92 NOTES. — 1. Gunter's Chain, used by land surveyors, is 4 rods or 66 feet long, and consists of 100 links. 2. The denomination, rods, is seldom used in chain measure, distances being taken in chains and links.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1873 - 384 pages
...inches high is a horse that measures 14£ hands? Ans. 58. SURVEYORS' LONG MEASURE. 194. A Gunter's Chain, used by land surveyors, is 4 rods or 66 feet...25 links " 1 rod, rd. 4 rods, or 66 feet, " 1 chain ^s.ch. 80 chains " 1 mileA . . mi. UNIT EQUIVALENTS. 1. in. rd. 1 = 7.92 ch 1 = 25 = 198 l'= 4 = 100... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 380 pages
...inches high is a horse that measures 144 hands ? Ans. 58. • BURVEYORS' LONG MEASURE. 194. A Gunter's Chain, used by land surveyors, is 4 rods or 66 feet...and consists of 100 links. TABLE. 7.92 inches (in.) ma 1 link, ---- 1. 25 links " 1 rod, ---- rd. 4 rods, or 66 feet, " 1 chain . .oh. 80 chains " 1 mile,... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1874 - 490 pages
...links. The unit is the chain, and the table is made up of divisors and :. 1 multiples of this unit. y. TABLE. 7.92 inches (in.) make 1 link, 1. 25 links " 1 rod, rd. 4 roda, or 66 feet, " 1 chain, . . . ch. 80 chains " 1 mile, .... mi. eh. 1 = 80 = UNIT EQUIVALENTS.... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 302 pages
...= 1 Mile . . . mi. 63330 in. SOW) I. 320 rd. 80 ch. 1. A Gunter'a Chain is the unit of measure, and is 4 rods, or 66 feet long, and consists of 100 links. 2. Engineers commonly use a chain or measuring tape, 100 feet long, each foot divided into tenths.... | |
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A Gunter's Chain, used by land surveyors, is 4 rods or 66 feet long, and consists of 100 links. TABLE. % 7.92 inches (in.) make 1 link, 1. 25 links " 1 rod, rd. 4 rods, or 66 feet, " 1 chain . .ch. 80 chains 
