This calculator allows you to convert from Chain to Handbreadth and in a reverse direction. To convert from Chain to Handbreadth, enter the amount of Chain into the first input and to convert from Handbreadth to Chain, enter the amount of Handbreadth into the second input.
4 Chain = 1056 Handbreadth
Chain to Meter | Chain to Foot | Chain to Centimeter | Chain to Inch | Chain to Kilometer | Chain to Mile | Chain to Millimeter | Chain to Yard | Chain to Micrometer |4 Chain equal 1056 Handbreadth.
Every 1 Chain = 263.99999999999 Handbreadth and so, 4 Chain = 4 multiplied by 263.99999999999 = 1056 Handbreadth.
What is the chain?
The chain is a unit of length. It equals 66 feet. The chain was first introduced between 1579 and 1607.
Several countries have used chain for several centuries especially in England. Note that there are 80 chains in one mile.
The main use of the chain is in laying out US townships. Official governments must use US survey chain to do surveys according to the federal law passed in 1785.
| 1 Chain = 263.99999999999 Handbreadth |
| 2 Chain = 527.99999999998 Handbreadth |
| 3 Chain = 791.99999999997 Handbreadth |
| 4 Chain = 1056 Handbreadth |
| 5 Chain = 1319.9999999999 Handbreadth |
| 6 Chain = 1583.9999999999 Handbreadth |
| 7 Chain = 1847.9999999999 Handbreadth |
| 8 Chain = 2111.9999999999 Handbreadth |
| 9 Chain = 2375.9999999999 Handbreadth |
| 10 Chain = 2639.9999999999 Handbreadth |
| 11 Chain = 2903.9999999999 Handbreadth |
| 12 Chain = 3167.9999999999 Handbreadth |
| 13 Chain = 3431.9999999999 Handbreadth |
| 14 Chain = 3695.9999999998 Handbreadth |
