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Convert feet (US survey) [ft] to span (cloth)
Please provide values below to Convert feet (US survey) [ft] to span (cloth), or vice versa.
What is a US Survey Foot (ft)?
The US survey foot is a slightly different version of the international foot, used mainly in land surveying in the United States. It equals exactly 1200⁄3937 meters.
What is a Cloth Span?
A span represented 9 inches (22.86 cm), the distance between thumb and little finger when spread. Medieval cloth merchants used this measurement, with 2 spans making 1 cubit. The term survives in 'spanner' tools adjusting span-width nuts.
feet (US survey) [ft] to span (cloth) Conversion Table
| feet (US survey) [ft] | span (cloth) |
|---|---|
| 0.01 feet (US survey) [ft] | 0.0133333600001 span (cloth) |
| 0.1 feet (US survey) [ft] | 0.133333600001 span (cloth) |
| 1 feet (US survey) [ft] | 1.33333600001 span (cloth) |
| 2 feet (US survey) [ft] | 2.66667200001 span (cloth) |
| 3 feet (US survey) [ft] | 4.00000800002 span (cloth) |
| 5 feet (US survey) [ft] | 6.66668000003 span (cloth) |
| 10 feet (US survey) [ft] | 13.3333600001 span (cloth) |
| 20 feet (US survey) [ft] | 26.6667200001 span (cloth) |
| 50 feet (US survey) [ft] | 66.6668000003 span (cloth) |
| 100 feet (US survey) [ft] | 133.333600001 span (cloth) |
| 1000 feet (US survey) [ft] | 1333.33600001 span (cloth) |
How to Convert feet (US survey) [ft] to span (cloth)
1 feet (US survey) [ft] = 1.3333360000053 span (cloth)
1 span (cloth) = 0.7499985 feet (US survey) [ft]
Example: convert 15 feet (US survey) [ft] to span (cloth):
15 × 1.3333360000053 = 20.00004000008 span (cloth)