How Many Links In A Chain ??
In 1620 an English mathematician and astronomer named Edmund Gunter described a surveyor's chain with 100 links, measuring 66 feet (22 yards or 4 poles) overall. By this design, one square chain equals 484 square yards, ten square chains equal an acre, and eighty chains equal a mile.
Oopps , sorry not that sort of chain - this is a very long chain made up from many many links with each link being about 8 inches or 20 cms long .
Taken while I had the chance for Saturday Self Challenge 11/06/2022 -- Multiple . ( and in this case -- Links in a chain ) .
Well this rather long chain is made up of a lot of links laying on the slip way of the King Harry Ferry . If you notice in the top left there is another chain in tension , this is an active chain and one of a pair that the King Harry Ferry hauls itself backwards and forwards on crossing the River Fal just below Trelissick Gardens where we were staying .
Checkout the KHF home page with some info and details of the ferry ------------
www.falriver.co.uk/ferries/king-harry-ferry
Almost an Isambard Kingdom Brunel type shot , but if you check out the first comment box there is a view of the KHF going off to the other side of the River Fal clearly showing the chains that are made up of so many links .
And for Sight & Sound , what other than The Chain -----------
How Many Links In A Chain ??
In 1620 an English mathematician and astronomer named Edmund Gunter described a surveyor's chain with 100 links, measuring 66 feet (22 yards or 4 poles) overall. By this design, one square chain equals 484 square yards, ten square chains equal an acre, and eighty chains equal a mile.
Oopps , sorry not that sort of chain - this is a very long chain made up from many many links with each link being about 8 inches or 20 cms long .
Taken while I had the chance for Saturday Self Challenge 11/06/2022 -- Multiple . ( and in this case -- Links in a chain ) .
Well this rather long chain is made up of a lot of links laying on the slip way of the King Harry Ferry . If you notice in the top left there is another chain in tension , this is an active chain and one of a pair that the King Harry Ferry hauls itself backwards and forwards on crossing the River Fal just below Trelissick Gardens where we were staying .
Checkout the KHF home page with some info and details of the ferry ------------
www.falriver.co.uk/ferries/king-harry-ferry
Almost an Isambard Kingdom Brunel type shot , but if you check out the first comment box there is a view of the KHF going off to the other side of the River Fal clearly showing the chains that are made up of so many links .
And for Sight & Sound , what other than The Chain -----------