barleycorn to ch
92 unitsResult4.208746e-4
0.0004208745808ch
1 barleycorn × 0.0004208745808 = 0.0004208745808 ch
Convert Barleycorn to Chain (US survey) (barleycorn to ch)
1 barleycorn = 0.0004208745808 chain (US survey). Convert barleycorns to chain (US survey) instantly, with the exact factor, the formula and a reference table of common values.
Formula
chain (US survey) = barleycorns × 0.0004208745808
barleycorn to ch conversion table
| barleycorn | ch |
|---|---|
| 1 barleycorn | 0.0004208745808 ch |
| 2 barleycorn | 0.0008417491616 ch |
| 3 barleycorn | 0.001262623742 ch |
| 5 barleycorn | 0.002104372904 ch |
| 10 barleycorn | 0.004208745808 ch |
| 20 barleycorn | 0.008417491616 ch |
| 50 barleycorn | 0.02104372904 ch |
| 100 barleycorn | 0.04208745808 ch |
| 250 barleycorn | 0.1052186452 ch |
| 500 barleycorn | 0.2104372904 ch |
| 1000 barleycorn | 0.4208745808 ch |
What is a barleycorn?
The barleycorn is a traditional unit of length, one of many that were in use before the metric system spread. One barleycorn equals 0.0084666667 meters, so every conversion on this page starts from that single number.
Units like this were often based on the human body or on farm work, and their exact size varied from town to town until modern values were fixed. They turn up today in old documents, translations, and historical research, where converting barleycorns into meters makes the numbers readable again.