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Re: John E. Doolittle
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Fri, 28 Jan 2000 13:05:53 GMT
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Tony Priestman wrote
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote
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> > Cables, not yards. Unfortunately, I forget how long a cable is.
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> 200 yards.
Cool.
Anyone know how long a chain was? How about a league? And a fathom was
about 6 feet, yes?
And thanks for the email - I'll get those corrections sorted out over the
weekend.
regards
Richard
Still baldly going...
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~rparsons/port/
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| Quoting from the book [1]: <quote> Units of Linear Measure 1 chain = 100 links = 66 feet 1 mile = 80 chains = 5280 feet Units of Area 1 acre = 10 square chains = 43,560 square feet 1 square mile = 640 acres The chain unit, devised in the seventeenth (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | Re: John E. Doolittle
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| (...) I bow to the other post on the chain. A league is variable, but usually three miles. A fathom is six feet. It should be noted a nautical mile is 6000 feet, not 5280. Bruce (24 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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