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Re: John E. Doolittle
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lugnet.pirates
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Fri, 28 Jan 2000 13:45:28 GMT
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Ray Sanders wrote
> 1 chain = 100 links
> = 66 feet
> 1 mile = 80 chains
> = 5280 feet
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> Units of Area
> 1 acre = 10 square chains
> = 43,560 square feet
> 1 square mile = 640 acres
For every fact there is at least one person who knows it.
This internet thingie - very clever!
Thanks Ray.
Richard
Still baldly going...
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~rparsons/port/
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| (...) Not really suited for the seafarer. They tended to use the League, Fathom and Cable. Don't have the specifics for each at hand, but might be able to locate. Like the Story, am sorry my own Lego Dark Age lasted through Pirates. Hope they (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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