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Surveyors' chains

Scope note

Surveyors' measuring devices consisting of 100 steel links each 7.92 inches long joined in a chain 66 feet long; precursors of engineers' chains.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000199917

Broader Terms used

measuring chains

Equivalent Terms used

surveyor's chain

Created

13yrs ago

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