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Anchor Chain Report
"Richard Casady" wrote in message ... On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 06:56:35 -0400, "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote: But am I missing something? I always thought a shot was 90 feet. It has ****all to do with boating, but there is a unit of measure known as a chain. Composed of one hundred links, it is 66 feet long, or four rods, or one tenth of a furlong. Used for land surveying by guys like George Washington. More than a century after adoption of the steel tape, guys were calling them chains. Some guys still refer to the process of measurement as chaining, even when done electronically. Casady I'll bet those surveyor guys are glad they don't have to cart all that chain around anymore..... |
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