Comment on Are metric measurements like decameters and hectometers ever used?
olicvb@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
Seems like the closest to 10 units of yards is rope? Gunter’s chain?
Comment on Are metric measurements like decameters and hectometers ever used?
olicvb@lemmy.ca 2 years agoSeems like the closest to 10 units of yards is rope? Gunter’s chain?
sethboy66@kbin.social 2 years ago
Gunter's chain is 20.1m, so half a Gunter is approximately a decameter; a rope would be unwieldy as it'd be one and two thirds rope per decameter.