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On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:57:39 -0500
TheOther <theother1510 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 08:11:30AM -0500, TheOther wrote:
> > 
> >> Let's see, there's 640 acres to a section, and a section of
> >> land is 1 mile by 1 mile, or a 1 mile square. 
> > 
> > Incredible, those units !
> > 
> > So a square piece of one acre would have a size of
> > 1 mile / sqrt(640). That square root is not an integer.
> > 
> > Is this the definition of 1 acre ?
> > 
> 
> Hello Fons,
> 
> You can Google an acre for the definition.  I found this definition to 
> be accurate and somewhat easier to understand:
> 
> The Question:
> 
> We are trying to find feet measurement for an acre—not the square 
> footage. Can you please help?

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As a point of interest, chains are still used as a linear measurement
by the railways in the UK.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
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