Re: More and more weight/mass Units-STONES

[Brian McInnes <mcinnes@PHYSICS.USYD.EDU.AU>]

> 12 inches = 1 foot
> 3 feet = 1 yard
> 220 yards = 1 furlong
> 8 furlongs = 1 mile.
>
> regards,
>
> sarma.

You may add to the table:
22 yards  =  1 chain
another nice archaic measure but the chains were probably used to mreasure
the "furrow's length of a (ten acre) customary old field size" to which
Brian Whatcott drew our attention.  The chain is also the exact length of a
cricket pitch.
Brian McInnes