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2. Gunter's chain - Wikipedia

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   A quarter chain, or 25 links, measures 16 feet 6 inches (5.03 m) and thus measures a rod (or pole). Ten chains measure a furlong and 80 chains measure a statute mile. [1] Gunter's chain reconciled two seemingly incompatible systems: the traditional English land measurements, based on the number four, and decimals based on the number 10.

3. Chain (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The UK statute chain is 22 yards, which is 66 feet (20.1168 m). This unit is a statute measure in the United Kingdom, defined in the Weights and Measures Act 1985. [6] One link is a hundredth part of a chain, which is 7.92 inches (20.1168 cm).

4. Link (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The link (usually abbreviated as "l.", "li." or "lnk."), sometimes called a Gunter’s link, is a unit of length formerly used in many English-speaking countries. In US customary units modern definition, the link is exactly 66 ⁄ 100 of a US survey foot , [ 1 ] or exactly 7.92 inches or 20.1168 cm.

5. Unit of length - Wikipedia

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   American surveyors use a decimal-based system of measurement devised by Edmund Gunter in 1620. The base unit is Gunter's chain of 66 feet (20 m) which is subdivided into 4 rods, each of 16.5 ft or 100 links of 0.66 feet. A link is abbreviated "lk", and links "lks", in old deeds and land surveys done for the government.

6. Senate Democrats name top leadership positions after losing ...

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   Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives for the Senate Democrats' leadership election in the Manfield Room in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.

7. No criminal charges to be filed in suffocation death of 12 ...

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   No criminal charges will be filed over the death of a 12-year-old boy who suffocated at a North Carolina wilderness camp after staff mandated he stay overnight in a fully enclosed sleeping sack ...