hd - Hand. Conversion Chart / Distance and Length Converter, British Imperial Measure Before 1963

hd - Hand. Conversion Chart

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Metric

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

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 The British Weights and Meausurements Act of 1824 repealed all existing British measures legislation and redefined existing units.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

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US Surveyors' Measure

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

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

hand to US nautical mile
hand to US cable length
hand 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.

hand to Admiralty mile
hand 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

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

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

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

hand to cek (尺)
hand to tsun (寸)
hand 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.

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

hand to dioptre (diopter)

Units: dioptre (diopter)

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Geographical (German)

hand 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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Typographical (Europe - Didot system)

hand to cicero
hand to point (pt)

Units: cicero / point (pt)

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European footwear unit

hand to Paris point

Units: Paris point

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Astronomical

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

hand to light microsecond
hand to light nanosecond
hand 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.

hand to Planck length (L)

Units: Planck length (L)

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

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

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