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Gunter's chain (also known as Gunter's measurement) is a distance-measuring device used for surveying. It was designed and introduced in 1620 by English clergyman and mathematician Edmund Gunter (1581–1626). It enabled plots of land to be accurately surveyed and plotted, for legal and commercial purposes.
Edmund Gunter (1581 – 10 December 1626), was an English clergyman, mathematician, geometer and astronomer [1] of Welsh descent. He is best remembered for his mathematical contributions, which include the invention of the Gunter's chain, the Gunter's quadrant, and the Gunter's scale.
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.
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I found this site telling us that Gunter's chain (or just "chain") is a unit of length equal to 22 yd. It also defines the terms engineer's chain and Rathbone's chain as measurement instruments of length 100 ft and 33 ft. Dondervogel 2 20:07, 21 July 2018 (UTC) And Google books tells us about 4 different chains Gunter chain: 66 ft
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Following discussion at talk: chain (unit), it is proposed that this article be split so that it contains only material about Gunter's Chain. Material about surveying chains in general and non-UK chains in particular are to be moved to a new article. Any comments by Wednesday 12:00 UTC please, as I believe that it to be a non-controversial change.