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

Ell. Conversion Chart

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Metric

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

ell to league
ell to mile (mi)
ell to land
ell to furlong
ell to bolt
ell to chain
ell to pole
ell to rod (rd)
ell to perch
ell to yard (yd)
ell to foot (ft)
ell to feet and inches (x'y")
ell to span
ell to hand
ell to inch (in)
ell to line
ell to mil
ell 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 The British Weights and Meausurements Act of 1824 repealed all existing British measures legislation and redefined existing units.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 / / yard (yd) / pace / cubit (cu) / foot (ft) / span (sp) / nail / shaftment / hand (hd) / palm (plm) / inch (in) / finger / digit / barleycorn / poppyseed / line / button / caliber / thou (th) / mil

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US Surveyors' Measure

ell to furlong
ell to Ramsden's (engineers') chain (ch)
ell to Gunter's (surveyors') chain (ch)
ell to Gurley's chain (ch)
ell to Gunter's (surveyors') pole
ell to Gunter's (surveyors') yard
ell to Ramsden's (engineers') link
ell to Gunter's (surveyors') link
ell to Gurley's link
ell 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.

ell to nautical league (naut.leag)
ell to nautical mile (naut.mi)
ell to cable length (cbl)
ell 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.

ell to US nautical mile
ell to US cable length
ell 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.

ell to Admiralty mile
ell 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.

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

ell to ri (里)
ell to cho (町)
ell to jo (丈)
ell to hiro (尋)
ell to ken (間)
ell to shaku (尺)
ell to sun (寸)
ell to bu (分)
ell to rin (厘)
ell 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

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

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

ell to cek (尺)
ell to tsun (寸)
ell 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.

ell to yot (โยชน์, league)
ell to sen (เส้น, rope)
ell to wa (วา, fathom)
ell to sok (ศอก, cubit)
ell to khuep (คืบ, span)
ell to nio (นิ้ว, finger)
ell 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

ell to dioptre (diopter)

Units: dioptre (diopter)

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Geographical (German)

ell 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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Typographical (Europe - Didot system)

ell to cicero
ell to point (pt)

Units: cicero / point (pt)

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European footwear unit

ell to Paris point

Units: Paris point

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Astronomical

ell to red shift (z)
ell to parsec (pc)
ell to light year
ell to astronomical unit (au)
ell to light minute
ell 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.

ell to light microsecond
ell to light nanosecond
ell 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.

ell to Planck length (L)

Units: Planck length (L)

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

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

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