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| Keywords: English length units graph.svg Graph showing the relations of classic English units of length made from scratch with Graphwiz based on data from en English unit 2007-09-26 Christoph Päper PD thumb Source <source lang dot > digraph Distance bgcolor transparent ; node shape box style filled color black fillcolor white; subgraph clusterCommon inch -> foot label 12; foot -> yard label 3; yard -> mile label 1760; subgraph Typography twip -> point label 20; point -> line label 6; point -> pica label 12; pica -> inch label 6; line -> inch label 12; mil US ;thou UK -> inch label 1000; point -> finger label 63; line -> barleycorn style invis; poppyseed -> barleycorn label 4; barleycorn -> inch label 3; inch -> finger label 7/8 ; foot -> rope label 20; grade -> rope label 4; subgraph Textile ell -> skein label 96; yard -> skein label 120; skein -> spindle label 120; inch -> stick label 2; stick -> hand label 2; inch -> palm label 3; digit -> palm label 4; digit -> nail label 3; nail -> span label 4; palm -> shaftment label 2; palm -> span label 3; hand -> foot label 3; shaftment -> foot label 2; shaftment -> cubit label 3; span -> cubit label 2; span -> ell label 5; cubit -> yard label 2; subgraph Military Roman pace label pace step ; foot -> pace label 2 5 ; shaftment -> pace label 5; pace -> grade label 2; grade -> rope label 4; grade -> mile roman label 1000; yard -> fathom label 2; cubit -> rod label 11; chain shape record label <all> chain <ramsden> Ramsden <gunter> Gunter ; fathom -> chain gunter label 11; rod -> chain gunter label 4; link shape record label <all> link <gunter> Gunter // <ramsden> Ramsden ; foot -> chain ramsden label 100; rope -> chain ramsden label 5; link ramsden -> chain ramsden label 100; link -> rod label 25; chain gunter -> furlong label 10; furlong -> mile statute label 8; chain ramsden -> mile roman label 50; mile shape record label <roman> Roman <statute> statute <sea> nautic <all> mile mile all -> league label 3; subgraph nautic fathom -> shackle label 15; shackle -> cable style invis; fathom -> cable label 100; cable -> mile sea label 10; foot -> mile sea label 6080; </source> Units of length British Imperial units ImageNote 1 385 105 122 69 605 1433 2 fact ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 3 50 1261 86 67 605 1433 2 this is interesting but the Roman mile was never at any point an imperial or customary unit ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 191 1256 72 74 605 1433 2 not an actual name ImageNoteEnd 4 | ||||
