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Barleycorns to Spans Conversion

Barleycorn to span conversion allow you make a conversion between barleycorn and span easily. You can find the tool in the following.

Length Conversion

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= 0.03700787
= 370079 × 10-7
= 370079E-7
= 370079e-7
= 0.05551181
= 555118 × 10-7
= 555118E-7
= 555118e-7
= 0.07401575
= 740157 × 10-7
= 740157E-7
= 740157e-7
= 0.09251969
= 925197 × 10-7
= 925197E-7
= 925197e-7
= 0.11102362
= 111024 × 10-6
= 111024E-6
= 111024e-6

Quick Look: barleycorns to spans

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span0.0370079 span0.0740157 span0.1110236 span0.1480315 span0.1850394 span0.2220472 span0.2590551 span0.2960630 span0.3330709 span0.3700787 span0.4070866 span0.4440945 span0.4811024 span0.5181102 span0.5551181 span0.5921260 span0.6291339 span0.6661417 span0.7031496 span0.7401575 span0.7771654 span0.8141732 span0.8511811 span0.8881890 span0.9251969 span0.9622047 span0.9992126 span1.0362205 span1.0732283 span1.1102362 span1.1472441 span1.1842520 span1.2212598 span1.2582677 span1.2952756 span1.3322835 span1.3692913 span1.4062992 span1.4433071 span1.4803150 span1.5173228 span1.5543307 span1.5913386 span1.6283465 span1.6653543 span1.7023622 span1.7393701 span1.7763780 span1.8133858 span1.8503937 span1.8874016 span1.9244094 span1.9614173 span1.9984252 span2.0354331 span2.0724409 span2.1094488 span2.1464567 span2.1834646 span2.2204724 span2.2574803 span2.2944882 span2.3314961 span2.3685039 span2.4055118 span2.4425197 span2.4795276 span2.5165354 span2.5535433 span2.5905512 span2.6275591 span2.6645669 span2.7015748 span2.7385827 span2.7755906 span2.8125984 span2.8496063 span2.8866142 span2.9236220 span2.9606299 span2.9976378 span3.0346457 span3.0716535 span3.1086614 span3.1456693 span3.1826772 span3.2196850 span3.2566929 span3.2937008 span3.3307087 span3.3677165 span3.4047244 span3.4417323 span3.4787402 span3.5157480 span3.5527559 span3.5897638 span3.6267717 span3.6637795 span3.7007874 span

The barleycorn is a small English unit of length equal to 13 of an inch (i.e., close to 0.8467 cm) still used in Great Britain and Ireland as a determiner of shoe sizes.

Name of unitSymbolDefinitionRelation to SI unitsUnit System
barleycorn

=  13 in

≈ 8.46×10−3 m

Imperial/US

conversion table

barleycornsspansbarleycornsspans
1≈ 0.0370078740157484≈ 0.14803149606299
1.5≈ 0.0555118110236224.5≈ 0.16653543307087
2≈ 0.0740157480314965≈ 0.18503937007874
2.5≈ 0.092519685039375.5≈ 0.20354330708661
3≈ 0.111023622047246≈ 0.22204724409449

span is the distance measured by a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger. In ancient times, a span was considered to be half a cubit. Sometimes the distinction is made between the great span (thumb to little finger) and little span (index finger to little finger).

Name of unitSymbolDefinitionRelation to SI unitsUnit System
spanspan

≡ 9 in

= 0.2286 m

Imperial/US

conversion table

spansbarleycornsspansbarleycorns
1≈ 27.0212765957454≈ 108.08510638298
1.5≈ 40.5319148936174.5≈ 121.59574468085
2≈ 54.0425531914895≈ 135.10638297872
2.5≈ 67.5531914893625.5≈ 148.6170212766
3≈ 81.0638297872346≈ 162.12765957447

Conversion table

barleycornsspans
1≈ 0.0370079
27.0212766≈ 1

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