Measurements

Question 1

Chain (ch)

Answer 1

66 Feet, 100 links
4 Rods
20.1168 meters

Question 2

Furlong

Answer 2

660 Feet
10 Chains
40 Rods

Question 3

Rod, Perch, Pole

Answer 3

16 1/2 feet
25 Links
1/320th of a mile

Question 4

Fathom

Answer 4

6ft

Question 5

Mile

Answer 5

5280 Ft, 1760 Yds, 8 Furlongs

Question 6

Foot (ft)

Answer 6

12 inches

Question 7

Inch (in)

Answer 7

3 Barleycorn

Question 8

Barleycorn

Answer 8

1/3d of a inch, or 4 lines

Question 9

Hand (hh)

Answer 9

4 Inches (width of hand, with thumb closed)

Often expressed with a decimal, where the number after the decimal is WHOLE INCHES. So 15.2 is 15 hands, two inches.

Question 10

Cable Length

Answer 10

1/10th of a nautical mile
Roughly 100 Fathoms

Question 11

Nautical Mile

Answer 11

6076 ft
1852 meters

Question 12

Span

Answer 12

9 Inches
(From thumb tip to pinky tip of a splayed hand)

Question 13

Shaftment

Answer 13

6 Inches
(width of palm plus outstretched thumb)

Question 14

Palm

Answer 14

Three Inches, or four Fingers

Question 15

Finger, Fingerwidth

Answer 15

3/4”
In cloth: 4 1/2” (length)

Question 16

Ell

Answer 16

Who the ‘ell knows?
45” was a standard English ell for tailoring, but others existed