Gunter's chain

(gun′tərz)

a surveyor's chain 66 ft (20.117 m) in length: it consists of 100 links, each 7.92 in (20.117 cm) long

Origin: after E. Gunter (1581-1626), Eng mathematician who invented it

See Gunter's chain in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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Origin: After Edmund Gunter

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