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You missed a few intermediate units, which might help somewhat to explain it: Derived from surveyors’ tools, a chain is 22 yards. (It is also 4 rods, making a
by hanche 3y ago
You missed a few intermediate units, which might help somewhat to explain it:
Derived from surveyors’ tools, a chain is 22 yards. (It is also 4 rods, making a rod equal to 5½ yards; go figure.) Ten chains make a furlong, and there are 8 furlongs to a mile. So there you are. Incidentally, an acre is 1 furlong × 1 chain. It may be madness, yet there’s system in ‘t.
- larsnystrom 3y agoThis is one of those cases where I can’t tell if a comment is sarcastic or not.
- hanche 3y agoThose cases are the best, are they not? But yeah, a large dose of sarcasm was intended. And a little bit of seriousness.