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FOKESTEY WOEK 



MEASURES OP LENGTH. 



LINEAR MEASURE. 



12 lines = 1 inch. 5 yards = 1 pole. 



12 inches = 1 foot. 40 poles = 1 furlong. 



7-92 =1 link. 8 furlongs = 1 mile. 



3 feet = 1 yard. 3 miles = 1 league. 



The hand in terms of which horses are measured = 4 inches. 



Gunter's chain of 66 feet = 100 links. 



The fathom used for recording soundings = 6 feet. 



One cable's length = 120 fathoms. 



One Admiralty knot = 6080 feet. 



One nautical mile = 1870 yards, 



INCH TABLE. 



One inch = 12 lines. 



, = .12625 of a link. 



, = & or -0833 of a foot. 



= ^ or -0277 of a yard. 



= -0254 of a metre. 



, = -254 of a decimetre. 



2-542 centimetres. 



= 25-42 millimetres. 



0833 of an inch = 1 line. 



7-92 inches = 1 link. 



12 = Ifoot. 



36 1 yard. 



198 , = 1 pole. 



792 = 1 chain. 



03937 of an inch = 1 millimetre. 



3937 = 1 centimetre. 



3'937 inches = 1 decimetre. 



39-371 = 1 metre. 



LINK TABLE. 



One link = 7-92 inches. 



= -66 of a foot. 



=* -22 of a yard. 



= -04 of a pole. 



= -01 of a chain. 



= -20 of a metre. 



2-01 decimetres. 



= 20-11 centimetres. 



= 201-19 millimetres. 



