Feet
In 1959 the international yard and pound agreement (between the United States and countries of the Commonwealth of Nations) defined a yard as being exactly 0.9144 metres, which in turn defined the foot as being exactly 0.3048 metres (304.8 mm).
Feet to Chains (ft to ch)
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Feet to Chains formula
ch =
ft * 0.015151
Feet to Chains formula
ch =
ft * 0.015151
Chains
Unit of length equal to 66 feet, used especially in the U.S. public land surveys. The original measuring instrument (Gunter's chain) was literally a chain consisting of 100 iron links, each 7.92 inches long. Steel-ribbon tapes began to supersede chains around 1900, but surveying tapes are often still called "chains" and measuring with a tape is often called "chaining". The chain is a convenient unit in cadastral surveys because 10 square chains equal 1 acre.
Feet to Chains table
| Feet | Chains |
|---|---|
| 0ft | 0.00ch |
| 1ft | 0.02ch |
| 2ft | 0.03ch |
| 3ft | 0.05ch |
| 4ft | 0.06ch |
| 5ft | 0.08ch |
| 6ft | 0.09ch |
| 7ft | 0.11ch |
| 8ft | 0.12ch |
| 9ft | 0.14ch |
| 10ft | 0.15ch |
| 11ft | 0.17ch |
| 12ft | 0.18ch |
| 13ft | 0.20ch |
| 14ft | 0.21ch |
| 15ft | 0.23ch |
| 16ft | 0.24ch |
| 17ft | 0.26ch |
| 18ft | 0.27ch |
| 19ft | 0.29ch |