A Gunter's chain that belonged to John Johnson (1771-1841), Surveyor General of Vermont. Source: Smithsonian Institution

Gunter’s measurement, sometimes Surveyor’s measurement, is a geodetic system, formerly popular in Britain and its (former) colonies. It was developed in the 17th century by Edmund Gunter and is still in use today in the United States of America. Image File history File links Gunters chain [belonged to John Johnson (1771-1841), Surveyor General of Vermont] Steel and brass Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Washington, D.C. (9B) Found at the Library of Congress site for the Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark... Image File history File links Gunters chain [belonged to John Johnson (1771-1841), Surveyor General of Vermont] Steel and brass Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Washington, D.C. (9B) Found at the Library of Congress site for the Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark... The Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle on the National Mall serves as the Institutions headquarters. ... It has been suggested that Geodetic datum be merged into this article or section. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Edmund Gunter (1581 - December 10, 1626), English mathematician, of Welsh extraction, was born in Hertfordshire in 1581. ...

Gunter used an actual measuring chain of 100 links. These, the chain and the link, have become units of their own.

A Gunter’s chain is 4 rods long, with the rod being a standardized measurement of 5 1/2 yards or 16 1/2 feet. This rod is also called a perch or a pole. The statute rod was codified in English law at least as early as Edward I, and possibly predates the Norman conquest. A rod is a unit of length, equal to 5. ... King Edward I of England (June 17, 1239 – July 7, 1307), popularly known as Longshanks because of his 6 foot 2 inch frame and the Hammer of the Scots (his tombstone, in Latin, read, Hic est Edwardvs Primus Scottorum Malleus, Here lies Edward I, Hammer of the Scots), achieved fame... Bayeux Tapestry depicting events leading to the Battle of Hastings The Norman Conquest was the conquest of the Kingdom of England by William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy), in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings and the subsequent Norman control of England. ...

Gunter’s chain is 22 yards, 66 feet, or 20.1168 metres. Also the rectangular area with edges of one chain and one furlong (10 chains) respectively is one acre, therefore the chain is sometimes called an acre-breadth. This article is about the unit of measure known as the yard. ... This article is about a foot as a unit of length. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 100 m and 1 km. ... An acre is an English unit of area. ...

Gunter’s link is 1 chain/100. Thus it is exactly 7.92 inches or 201.168 mm. A square link is exactly one hundred-thousandth of an acre and one ten-thousandth of one square chain or 0.0404685642 m². It is about 62¾ square inches. A Link, also called a Gunter’s link, is a unit of length in the Imperial system. ... Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10-1 m and 1 m (10 cm and 1 m). ...

In some places other lengths have been used, for example 8.928 inches (ca. 0.227 m) in Scotland and 10.08 inches (ca. 0.256 m) in Ireland. Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Scottish Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...

Chain is usually abbreviated as 'ch.', whereas link becomes either 'l.', 'li.' or 'lnk.'.

An American, similar system of about the same age but lesser popularity is Ramden’s or the engineer’s system, where the chain consists also of 100 links, each one foot (0.3048 m) long. The even less common Rathborn system, also from the 17th century, is based on a chain of two rods (33 feet, 10.0584 m) length, which consists of 100 links, too (1.98 inches, 50.292 mm each), which are called seconds (″), ten of which make a prime (′, 19.8 inches, 0.503 m). This article is about a foot as a unit of length. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10-1 m and 1 m (10 cm and 1 m). ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 100 m and 1 km. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10-2 m and 10-1 m (1 cm and 10 cm). ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10-1 m and 1 m (10 cm and 1 m). ...

See also: Chain (unit), Chain As a unit of measurement within the Imperial system, the chain (surveyors chain, Gunters chain) is defined as 22 yards, 66 feet, or four rods. ... Look up Chain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A chain can be any of the following: a flexible connection through multiple rigid links; applications include: pulling (it cannot be used for pushing) power transmission, as in roller chains (e. ...