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Convert span (cloth) to link [li]
Please provide values below to Convert span (cloth) to link [li], or vice versa.
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.
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.
span (cloth) to link [li] Conversion Table
| span (cloth) | link [li] |
|---|---|
| 0.01 span (cloth) | 0.0113636363636 link [li] |
| 0.1 span (cloth) | 0.113636363636 link [li] |
| 1 span (cloth) | 1.13636363636 link [li] |
| 2 span (cloth) | 2.27272727273 link [li] |
| 3 span (cloth) | 3.40909090909 link [li] |
| 5 span (cloth) | 5.68181818182 link [li] |
| 10 span (cloth) | 11.3636363636 link [li] |
| 20 span (cloth) | 22.7272727273 link [li] |
| 50 span (cloth) | 56.8181818182 link [li] |
| 100 span (cloth) | 113.636363636 link [li] |
| 1000 span (cloth) | 1136.36363636 link [li] |
How to Convert span (cloth) to link [li]
1 span (cloth) = 1.1363636363636 link [li]
1 link [li] = 0.88 span (cloth)
Example: convert 15 span (cloth) to link [li]:
15 × 1.1363636363636 = 17.045454545455 link [li]