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minus-squareSagifurius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThese numbers all come from people who preferred 12 and 60 as their working base numbers, not 10. A lot of it becomes really elegant once you understand that.
minus-squareBuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoDid they use duodecimal or sexagesimal numeral systems? 66 feet does not match that, also its 1 chain * 10 chains.
minus-squareironeagl@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoand 10 chains = 1 furlong = 1/8 mile
These numbers all come from people who preferred 12 and 60 as their working base numbers, not 10. A lot of it becomes really elegant once you understand that.
Did they use duodecimal or sexagesimal numeral systems?
66 feet does not match that, also its 1 chain * 10 chains.
and 10 chains = 1 furlong = 1/8 mile