How many chinese foot in 1 smoot? The answer is 5.1054. We assume you are converting between chinese foot and smoot. You can view more details on each measurement unit: chinese foot or smoot The SI base unit for length is the metre. 1 metre is equal to 3 chinese foot, or 0.58761311552474 smoot. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between chinese feet and smoots. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!
1 chinese foot to smoot = 0.19587 smoot
5 chinese foot to smoot = 0.97936 smoot
10 chinese foot to smoot = 1.95871 smoot
20 chinese foot to smoot = 3.91742 smoot
30 chinese foot to smoot = 5.87613 smoot
40 chinese foot to smoot = 7.83484 smoot
50 chinese foot to smoot = 9.79355 smoot
75 chinese foot to smoot = 14.69033 smoot
100 chinese foot to smoot = 19.5871 smoot
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The chi (Chinese: 尺; pinyin: chǐ, Wade-Giles: chih) or shaku (Japanese: 尺) is a traditional Chinese and Japanese unit of length, approximately equal to the foot. As with other measurements, it was originally derived from nature: the average length between nodes on bamboo. In both countries the same character is used to write the name for both units. Although of common origin, the current standard value of the two units is slightly different in the two countries.
In both countries, the chi or shaku is divided into 10 smaller units, known as 寸 (cun in China, or sun in Japan). 10 chi or shaku are equal to a 丈 (zhang in Chinese, or jō in Japanese).
A smoot is a unit of distance (or "length", as physical scientists say) used for measuring the Harvard Bridge. It is named after an MIT fraternity pledge at Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, Oliver R. Smoot (class of 1962). In October of 1958, fellow students helped Mr. Smoot measure the length of the bridge by placing him end to end and marking the increments. Oliver was a top student at MIT and went on to run NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The smoot is equal to his height (five feet and seven inches -- 1.70 m), and the bridge's length was measured to be "364.4 smoots plus one ear".
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