Convert ell to link [li]
Please provide values below to Convert ell to link [li], or vice versa.
What is an Ell?
The ell was a medieval cloth measurement ranging from 27-45 inches (69-114 cm) across Europe. The English ell measured 45 inches (1.143 m), while the Scottish ell was longer at 37 inches (94 cm). Derived from the Latin 'ulna' (arm), it represented the length from elbow to fingertip plus an extra hand span for cloth merchants.
What is a Surveyor's Link?
A link equals 7.92 inches (20.12 cm) or 1/100 of a surveyor's chain. Invented by Edmund Gunter in 1620, this unit became fundamental in American land division, where 100 links made 1 chain and 10 chains defined an acre's width.
ell to link [li] Conversion Table
| ell | link [li] |
|---|---|
| 0.01 ell | 0.0568181818182 link [li] |
| 0.1 ell | 0.568181818182 link [li] |
| 1 ell | 5.68181818182 link [li] |
| 2 ell | 11.3636363636 link [li] |
| 3 ell | 17.0454545455 link [li] |
| 5 ell | 28.4090909091 link [li] |
| 10 ell | 56.8181818182 link [li] |
| 20 ell | 113.636363636 link [li] |
| 50 ell | 284.090909091 link [li] |
| 100 ell | 568.181818182 link [li] |
| 1000 ell | 5681.81818182 link [li] |
How to Convert ell to link [li]
1 ell = 5.6818181818182 link [li]
1 link [li] = 0.176 ell
Example: convert 15 ell to link [li]:
15 × 5.6818181818182 = 85.227272727273 link [li]