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Engineers' chains

Scope note

Surveyors' measuring devices consisting of 1-inch-long steel links joined in a chain 100 feet long; succeeded surveyors' chains, but now obsolete.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000196132

Broader Terms used

measuring chains

Equivalent Terms used

engineer's chain

Created

13yrs ago

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