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Convert link [li] to span (cloth)
Please provide values below to Convert link [li] to span (cloth), 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 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.
link [li] to span (cloth) Conversion Table
| link [li] | span (cloth) |
|---|---|
| 0.01 link [li] | 0.0088 span (cloth) |
| 0.1 link [li] | 0.088 span (cloth) |
| 1 link [li] | 0.88 span (cloth) |
| 2 link [li] | 1.76 span (cloth) |
| 3 link [li] | 2.64 span (cloth) |
| 5 link [li] | 4.4 span (cloth) |
| 10 link [li] | 8.8 span (cloth) |
| 20 link [li] | 17.6 span (cloth) |
| 50 link [li] | 44 span (cloth) |
| 100 link [li] | 88 span (cloth) |
| 1000 link [li] | 880 span (cloth) |
How to Convert link [li] to span (cloth)
1 link [li] = 0.88 span (cloth)
1 span (cloth) = 1.1363636363636 link [li]
Example: convert 15 link [li] to span (cloth):
15 × 0.88 = 13.2 span (cloth)