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Convert link [li] to ell
Please provide values below to Convert link [li] to ell, or vice versa.
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.
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.
link [li] to ell Conversion Table
| link [li] | ell |
|---|---|
| 0.01 link [li] | 0.00176 ell |
| 0.1 link [li] | 0.0176 ell |
| 1 link [li] | 0.176 ell |
| 2 link [li] | 0.352 ell |
| 3 link [li] | 0.528 ell |
| 5 link [li] | 0.88 ell |
| 10 link [li] | 1.76 ell |
| 20 link [li] | 3.52 ell |
| 50 link [li] | 8.8 ell |
| 100 link [li] | 17.6 ell |
| 1000 link [li] | 176 ell |
How to Convert link [li] to ell
1 link [li] = 0.176 ell
1 ell = 5.6818181818182 link [li]
Example: convert 15 link [li] to ell:
15 × 0.176 = 2.64 ell