How many smoot in 1 chinese foot? The answer is 0.19587103850825. We assume you are converting between smoot and chinese foot. You can view more details on each measurement unit: smoot or chinese foot The SI base unit for length is the metre. 1 metre is equal to 0.58761311552474 smoot, or 3 chinese foot. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between smoots and chinese feet. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!
1 smoot to chinese foot = 5.1054 chinese foot
5 smoot to chinese foot = 25.527 chinese foot
10 smoot to chinese foot = 51.054 chinese foot
15 smoot to chinese foot = 76.581 chinese foot
20 smoot to chinese foot = 102.108 chinese foot
25 smoot to chinese foot = 127.635 chinese foot
30 smoot to chinese foot = 153.162 chinese foot
40 smoot to chinese foot = 204.216 chinese foot
50 smoot to chinese foot = 255.27 chinese foot
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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".
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).
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