Barleycorn. Conversion Chart / Distance and Length Converter, British Imperial Measure Before 1963

Barleycorn. Conversion Chart

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Metric

barleycorn to kilometer (km)
barleycorn to meter (m)
barleycorn to decimeter (dm)
barleycorn to centimeter (cm)
barleycorn to millimeter (mm)
barleycorn to micrometre (micron)
barleycorn to nanometer (nm)
barleycorn to ångström

Units: kilometer (km) / meter (m) / decimeter (dm) / centimeter (cm) / millimeter (mm) / micrometre (micron) / nanometer (nm) / ångström

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The American System (US Customary Units) and British Imperial Measures

American weights and measures are based on units used in Britain prior to 1826, when imperial system was officially established. Until 1960-1963 American and British units of length were different in 2 parts per million. In the middle of 20th century it started causing problems and the governments of the two countries agreed to refine the measures to exactly match. Since then Great Britain and the United States were using the same measures of length. In the U.S. the old standard of foot was retained with the name US survey foot.

From 1995 the UK adopted metric units for general use. The only imperial measures of length that can be officially used now are miles, yards, feet and inches for road traffic signs.

barleycorn to league
barleycorn to mile (mi)
barleycorn to land
barleycorn to furlong
barleycorn to bolt
barleycorn to chain
barleycorn to pole
barleycorn to rod (rd)
barleycorn to perch
barleycorn to yard (yd)
barleycorn to foot (ft)
barleycorn to feet and inches (x'y")
barleycorn to span
barleycorn to hand
barleycorn to inch (in)
barleycorn to line
barleycorn to mil
barleycorn to microinch

Units: league / mile (mi) / land / furlong / bolt / chain / pole / rod (rd) / perch / yard (yd) / foot (ft) / feet and inches (x'y") / span / hand / inch (in) / line / mil / microinch

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British Imperial Measure before 1963

The first English official measurement standards were defined in 15th century. British system of units, known as imperial units, was established in 1824. The British Weights and Meausurements Act of 1824 repealed all existing British measures legislation and redefined existing units. The 1963 Weights and Measures Act standartized the international measures.

Units: league / mile (mi) / land / skein / bolt / shackle / furlong / chain / rope / pole / goad / ell / yard (yd) / pace / cubit (cu) / foot (ft) / span (sp) / nail / shaftment / hand (hd) / palm (plm) / inch (in) / finger / digit / / poppyseed / line / button / caliber / thou (th) / mil

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US Surveyors' Measure

barleycorn to furlong
barleycorn to Ramsden's (engineers') chain (ch)
barleycorn to Gunter's (surveyors') chain (ch)
barleycorn to Gurley's chain (ch)
barleycorn to Gunter's (surveyors') pole
barleycorn to Gunter's (surveyors') yard
barleycorn to Ramsden's (engineers') link
barleycorn to Gunter's (surveyors') link
barleycorn to Gurley's link
barleycorn to Gunter's (surveyors') foot (ft)

Units: furlong / Ramsden's (engineers') chain (ch) / Gunter's (surveyors') chain (ch) / Gurley's chain (ch) / Gunter's (surveyors') pole / Gunter's (surveyors') yard / Ramsden's (engineers') link / Gunter's (surveyors') link / Gurley's link / Gunter's (surveyors') foot (ft)

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International Nautical Measure

The international nautical mile was defined by the First International Extraordinary Hydrographic Conference, Monaco in 1929. This is the only definition in widespread current use, and is the one accepted by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. Before 1929 different countries had different definitions, and the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States did not immediately accept the international value.

barleycorn to nautical league (naut.leag)
barleycorn to nautical mile (naut.mi)
barleycorn to cable length (cbl)
barleycorn to fathom (fath)

Units: nautical league (naut.leag) / nautical mile (naut.mi) / cable length (cbl) / fathom (fath)

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US Nautical Measure

These measures were abandoned in favor of the international nautical measures in 1954.

barleycorn to US nautical mile
barleycorn to US cable length
barleycorn to US fathom (fath)

Units: US nautical mile / US cable length / US fathom (fath)

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British (Imperial) Nautical Measure

These measures were abandoned in favor of the international nautical measures in 1970.

barleycorn to Admiralty mile
barleycorn to Admiralty cable length

Units: Admiralty mile / Admiralty cable length

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Spanish Customary Units Still In Use Today

These units are still actively used in some countries of Latin America. Their values vary from country to country. You can find more old Spanish customary units on our historical lengths page.

barleycorn to cuadra of Argentina
barleycorn to cuadra of Bolivia
barleycorn to cuadra of Chile
barleycorn to cuadra of Colombia
barleycorn to cuadra of Ecuador
barleycorn to cuadra of Nicaragua
barleycorn to cuadra of Paraguay
barleycorn to cuadra of Uruguay
barleycorn to vara of Argentina
barleycorn to vara of Brazil
barleycorn to vara of Chile
barleycorn to vara of Colombia
barleycorn to vara of Costa Rica
barleycorn to vara of Cuba
barleycorn to vara of Dominican Republic
barleycorn to vara of Ecuador
barleycorn to vara of El Salvador
barleycorn to vara of Guatemala
barleycorn to vara of Honduras
barleycorn to vara of Mexico
barleycorn to vara of Nicaragua
barleycorn to vara of Panama
barleycorn to vara of Paraguay
barleycorn to vara of Peru (peruana)
barleycorn to vara of Peru (española)
barleycorn to vara of Uruguay
barleycorn to vara of São Tomé and Principe
barleycorn to vara of Venezuela

Units: cuadra of Argentina / cuadra of Bolivia / cuadra of Chile / cuadra of Colombia / cuadra of Ecuador / cuadra of Nicaragua / cuadra of Paraguay / cuadra of Uruguay / vara of Argentina / vara of Brazil / vara of Chile / vara of Colombia / vara of Costa Rica / vara of Cuba / vara of Dominican Republic / vara of Ecuador / vara of El Salvador / vara of Guatemala / vara of Honduras / vara of Mexico / vara of Nicaragua / vara of Panama / vara of Paraguay / vara of Peru (peruana) / vara of Peru (española) / vara of Uruguay / vara of São Tomé and Principe / vara of Venezuela

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Japanese

barleycorn to ri (里)
barleycorn to cho (町)
barleycorn to jo (丈)
barleycorn to hiro (尋)
barleycorn to ken (間)
barleycorn to shaku (尺)
barleycorn to sun (寸)
barleycorn to bu (分)
barleycorn to rin (厘)
barleycorn to mo (毛, 毫)

Units: ri (里) / cho (町) / jo (丈) / hiro (尋) / ken (間) / shaku (尺) / sun (寸) / bu (分) / rin (厘) / mo (毛, 毫)

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Chinese units of 1930

barleycorn to li (市里)
barleycorn to yin (引)
barleycorn to zhang (市丈)
barleycorn to chi (市尺)
barleycorn to cun (市寸)
barleycorn to fen (市分)
barleycorn to li (釐 or 厘)
barleycorn to hao (毫)
barleycorn to si (丝)
barleycorn to hu (忽)

Units: li (市里) / yin (引) / zhang (市丈) / chi (市尺) / cun (市寸) / fen (市分) / li (釐 or 厘) / hao (毫) / si (丝) / hu (忽)

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Chinese units of 1915

barleycorn to li (里)
barleycorn to yin (引)
barleycorn to zhang (丈)
barleycorn to bu (步)
barleycorn to chi (尺)
barleycorn to cun (寸)
barleycorn to fen (分)
barleycorn to li (釐 or 厘)
barleycorn to hao (毫)
barleycorn to si (丝)
barleycorn to hu (忽)

Units: li (里) / yin (引) / zhang (丈) / bu (步) / chi (尺) / cun (寸) / fen (分) / li (釐 or 厘) / hao (毫) / si (丝) / hu (忽)

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Hong Kong units

barleycorn to cek (尺)
barleycorn to tsun (寸)
barleycorn to fan (分)

Units: cek (尺) / tsun (寸) / fan (分)

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Thai units

Some of these units are still in use even though metric system was formally established in 1923. Before the metrication the old units were standartied to exact metric values.

barleycorn to yot (โยชน์, league)
barleycorn to sen (เส้น, rope)
barleycorn to wa (วา, fathom)
barleycorn to sok (ศอก, cubit)
barleycorn to khuep (คืบ, span)
barleycorn to nio (นิ้ว, finger)
barleycorn to krabiat (กระเบียด, quarter of a finger)

Units: yot (โยชน์, league) / sen (เส้น, rope) / wa (วา, fathom) / sok (ศอก, cubit) / khuep (คืบ, span) / nio (นิ้ว, finger) / krabiat (กระเบียด, quarter of a finger)

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Optical

barleycorn to dioptre (diopter)

Units: dioptre (diopter)

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Geographical (German)

barleycorn to geographical mile

Units: geographical mile

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Computer Equipment

A rack unit, U or RU is a unit of measure that describes the height of equipment designed to mount in a 19-inch rack or a 23-inch rack. The 19-inch (482.6 mm) or 23-inch (584.2 mm) dimension refers to the width of the equipment mounting frame in the rack including the frame; the width of the equipment that can be mounted inside the rack is less.

barleycorn to rack unit (U)
barleycorn to horizontal pitch (HP)

Units: rack unit (U) / horizontal pitch (HP)

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Typographical (British and U.S. - ATA system)

barleycorn to pica
barleycorn to pica [PostScript]
barleycorn to point (pt)
barleycorn to point [PostScript] (pt)
barleycorn to pixel (px)
barleycorn to twip

Units: pica / pica [PostScript] / point (pt) / point [PostScript] (pt) / pixel (px) / twip

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Typographical (Europe - Didot system)

barleycorn to cicero
barleycorn to point (pt)

Units: cicero / point (pt)

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European footwear unit

barleycorn to Paris point

Units: Paris point

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Astronomical

barleycorn to red shift (z)
barleycorn to parsec (pc)
barleycorn to light year
barleycorn to astronomical unit (au)
barleycorn to light minute
barleycorn to light second

Units: red shift (z) / parsec (pc) / light year / astronomical unit (au) / light minute / light second

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Grace Hopper's units of distance

Grace Hopper is famous for her nanoseconds visual aid. People used to ask her why satellite communication took so long. She started handing out pieces of wire that were just under one foot long (11.80 inches) — the distance that light travels in one nanosecond. She also passed out packets of pepper, calling the individual grains of ground pepper picoseconds. She also used these aids to illustrate why computers had to be small to be fast.

barleycorn to light microsecond
barleycorn to light nanosecond
barleycorn to light picosecond

Units: light microsecond / light nanosecond / light picosecond

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Natural units

In physics, natural units are physical units of measurement based only on universal physical constants. The origin of their definition comes only from properties of nature and not from any human construct.

barleycorn to Planck length (L)

Units: Planck length (L)

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barleycorn to league
barleycorn to mile (mi)
barleycorn to land
barleycorn to skein
barleycorn to bolt
barleycorn to shackle
barleycorn to furlong
barleycorn to chain
barleycorn to rope
barleycorn to pole
barleycorn to goad
barleycorn to ell
barleycorn to yard (yd)
barleycorn to pace
barleycorn to cubit (cu)
barleycorn to foot (ft)
barleycorn to span (sp)
barleycorn to nail
barleycorn to shaftment
barleycorn to hand (hd)
barleycorn to palm (plm)
barleycorn to inch (in)
barleycorn to finger
barleycorn to digit
barleycorn to poppyseed
barleycorn to line
barleycorn to button
barleycorn to caliber
barleycorn to thou (th)
barleycorn to mil

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