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Convert link [li] to nail (cloth)
Please provide values below to Convert link [li] to nail (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 Nail Measurement?
A nail was 2.25 inches (5.715 cm) or 1/16th of a yard. Tudor-era clothing patterns specified dimensions in nails, with 4 nails making 1 quarter-yard. The term survives in 'eleven-nail' boots indicating sole length.
link [li] to nail (cloth) Conversion Table
| link [li] | nail (cloth) |
|---|---|
| 0.01 link [li] | 0.0352 nail (cloth) |
| 0.1 link [li] | 0.352 nail (cloth) |
| 1 link [li] | 3.52 nail (cloth) |
| 2 link [li] | 7.04 nail (cloth) |
| 3 link [li] | 10.56 nail (cloth) |
| 5 link [li] | 17.6 nail (cloth) |
| 10 link [li] | 35.2 nail (cloth) |
| 20 link [li] | 70.4 nail (cloth) |
| 50 link [li] | 176 nail (cloth) |
| 100 link [li] | 352 nail (cloth) |
| 1000 link [li] | 3520 nail (cloth) |
How to Convert link [li] to nail (cloth)
1 link [li] = 3.52 nail (cloth)
1 nail (cloth) = 0.28409090909091 link [li]
Example: convert 15 link [li] to nail (cloth):
15 × 3.52 = 52.8 nail (cloth)