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How many smoot in 1 furlongs? The answer is 118.20895522388. We assume you are converting between smoot and furlong [international]. You can view more details on each measurement unit: smoot or furlongs The SI base unit for length is the metre. 1 metre is equal to 0.58761311552474 smoot, or 0.0049709695378987 furlongs. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between smoots and furlongs. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!
1 smoot to furlongs = 0.00846 furlongs
10 smoot to furlongs = 0.0846 furlongs
50 smoot to furlongs = 0.42298 furlongs
100 smoot to furlongs = 0.84596 furlongs
200 smoot to furlongs = 1.69192 furlongs
500 smoot to furlongs = 4.2298 furlongs
1000 smoot to furlongs = 8.4596 furlongs
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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".
A furlong is a measure of distance within Imperial units and U.S. customary units, and is equal to 660 feet or 201.168 metres. There are eight furlongs in a mile.
Distances for thoroughbred horse races in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States are still given in miles and furlongs (example), but the unit is otherwise no longer in common use. It is heavily used within the rail industry (especially maintenance and repair services) in the UK, due to the legacy measurements and distance markers from when the tracks were first laid down.
Coincidentally, 5 furlongs is approximately 1 kilometer (1.00584 to be exact).
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