| Gunter's chain | |
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 Gunter's chain at Campus Martius Museum | |
| General information | |
| Unit system | imperial/US units |
| Unit of | length |
| Conversions | |
| 1 gunter's chain in ... | ... is equal to ... |
| imperial/US units | 22 yd |
| metric (SI) units | 20.1 m |
| Gunter's link | |
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| Unit system | imperial/US units |
| Unit of | length |
| Conversions | |
| 1 gunter's link in ... | ... is equal to ... |
| imperial/US units | 1/100 Gunter's chain 7.92 in |
| metric (SI) units | 201 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.
Gunter developed an actual measuring chain of 100 links. These, the chain and the link, became statutory measures in England and subsequently the British Empire.