On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:10:56AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote: > > Here's a brief guide to our measures of length. > > 1 foot is 12 inches > 1 yard is 3 feet > 1 mile is 1760 yards > > There are others like a fathom (6 feet - but used to measure > depths not lengths or heights), a chain (22 yards - the length > of a cricket pitch I think) and a furlong (220 yards).
And an acre, which is/was a measurement of the area a team of oxen could plough in one day, or (4,840 square yards). I wonder if they had a measure for oxen standards. -- dave thorn | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
