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I often convert these new fangled units back into old money. Chains per fluid ounce (Ch/FlOz) is so much easier to comprehend. I jest but that isn't as mad as
by gerdesj 3y ago
I often convert these new fangled units back into old money. Chains per fluid ounce (Ch/FlOz) is so much easier to comprehend.
I jest but that isn't as mad as our pre-decimalization currency. We were still spending coins that called themselves a shilling and calling them five pence (and 2s as 10p) for quite a few years afterwards.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 3y agoFun fact: chains and furlongs are the archaic intermediary unit that get you from our smallest unit (inches) to our largest unit (miles) in a way that isn't completely insane (i.e. "simply 5280 feet to the mile"). It's really: - 12 inches to the foot - 3 feet to the yard - 22 yards to the chain - 10 chains to the furlong - 8 furlongs to the mile Using even more archaic units we can simplify further: - 8 inches to the link - 100 links to the chain - 10 chains to the furlong - 8 furlongs to the mile And 1 acre is 1 chain by 1 furlong, or 10 square chains.
- gerdesj 3y agoAre you calling me archaic? A rod, pole or perch. A rod was 12 feet and it was the width of the land ploughed in a day. A furlough was the length. Roughly.