City Pedia Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Measurement of land in Punjab - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement_of_land_in_Punjab

    A commonly used land measurement unit in Punjab is karam or square karam. [ 3] Other units include the Sarsai and units listed. [ 4] This the current system of measurement of farm land. All Units. 1 karam × 1 karam = 1 sq. karam. 5.5 feet × 5.5 feet = 30.25 sq. feet. 30.25 square feet = 1 Sarsai.

  3. Gunter's chain - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunter's_chain

    7.92 in. metric (SI) units. 200 mm. Gunter's chain (also known as Gunter's measurement) is a distance-measuring device used for surveying. It was designed and introduced in 1620 by English clergyman and mathematician Edmund Gunter (1581–1626). It enabled plots of land to be accurately surveyed and plotted, for legal and commercial purposes.

  4. Chain (unit) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_(unit)

    The chain (abbreviated ch) is a unit of length equal to 66 feet (22 yards ), used in both the US customary and Imperial unit systems. It is subdivided into 100 links. [1] [2] There are 10 chains in a furlong, and 80 chains in one statute mile. [2] In metric terms, it is 20.1168 m long. [2] By extension, chainage (running distance) is the ...

  5. Gunta - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunta

    The gunta or guntha is a measure of area used in the Indian subcontinent, predominantly used in some South Asian countries. This unit is typically used to measure the size of a piece of land.

  6. Minute and second of arc - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minute_and_second_of_arc

    A minute of arc is ⁠π 10 800⁠ of a radian . A second of arc, arcsecond (arcsec), or arc second, denoted by the symbol ″, [2] is ⁠ 1 60 ⁠ of an arcminute, ⁠ 1 3600⁠ of a degree, [1] ⁠ 1 1 296 000⁠ of a turn, and ⁠π 648 000⁠ (about ⁠ 1 206 264.8⁠) of a radian. These units originated in Babylonian astronomy as ...

  7. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_of_textile_measurement

    In the metric system, the mass per unit area of all types of textiles is expressed in grams per square metre (g/m 2 ). The gram (alternative spelling: gramme; SI unit symbol: g) is a metric system unit of mass. A gram is defined as one thousandth of the SI base unit, the kilogram, or 1 × 10−3 kg.

  8. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_(unit)

    5.0292 m. The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [ 1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units it is defined as 161⁄2 feet, equal to exactly 1⁄320 of a mile, or 51⁄2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain ), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.

  9. Fathom - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathom

    One fathom is equal to: 1.8288 metres exactly (Official international definition of the fathom) [ 10] 1.828804 m (Obsolete measurement of the fathom based on the US survey foot, only for use of historical and legacy applications) [ 11] 2 yards (1 yard is exactly 12 fathom) 6 feet (1 foot is exactly 1⁄6 fathom) 18 hands. 72 inches.