Definition:Imperial/Length/Link

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Definition

The link is an imperial unit of length.

\(\ds \) \(\) \(\ds 1\) link
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds 7 \cdotp 92\) inches
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds \dfrac 1 {100}\) chains
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds 201 \cdotp 168\) millimetres


Historical Note

The link was invented by Edmund Gunter for the purpose of land surveying.

It was defined as the length of one of the $100$ links of Gunter's chain, which itself was $66$ feet in length.