Definition:Imperial/Length/Link
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Definition
The link is an imperial unit of length.
\(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\ds 1\) | link | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 7 \cdotp 92\) | inches | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \dfrac 1 {100}\) | chains | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 201 \cdotp 168\) | millimetres |
Historical Note
The link was invented by Edmund Gunter for the purpose of land surveying.
It was defined as the length of one of the $100$ links of Gunter's chain, which itself was $66$ feet in length.