Conversion Center
Search a unit
Convert barleycorn to chain (Ramsden or Engineer)
Selected category: length.
Definition and details for barleycorn:
Barleycorn is an old English unit of distance equal to 1/3 inch or about 8.47 millimeters. In farming societies was very common to use seeds as units of length. Barley was a basic crop in England. So barleycorn was a useful unit.
Definition and details for chain (Ramsden or Engineer):
Ramsden'S chain is a unit of length used by American surveyors in the U.S. It is equal to 100 feet or 30.48 meters.
Swap, do a chain (Ramsden or Engineer) to barleycorn conversion.
