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New Online Book! Handbook of Mathematical Functions (AMS55)
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Conversion Result:
hand = 0.1016 length
      (length)      
Related Measurements:
Try converting from "hand" to archin (Russian archin), arpentcan, Biblical cubit, bolt (of cloth), bottom measure, cloth finger, digitus (Roman digitus), fathom, furlong (surveyors furlong), inch, line, link (surveyors link), m (meter), marathon, mile, nautical league, parasang, ri (Japanese ri), Roman foot, soccer field, or any combination of units which equate to "length" and represent depth, fl head, height, length, wavelength, or width.
Sample Conversions:
hand = 56 agate (typography agate), .14285714 archin (Russian archin), .00111111 city block (informal), .88888889 cloth finger, 578.16 en (typography en), .00333333 engineers chain, .21953897 Greek cubit, .04796163 ken (Japanese ken), 4,000 mil, .00006313 mile, 1.78 nail (cloth nail), .00005486 nautical mile, .00001804 parasang, .02020202 rod (surveyors rod), .22857143 Roman cubit, .00006866 Roman mile, .33528919 shaku (Japanese shaku), .44444444 span (cloth span), .12124886 vara (Mexican vara), .11111111 yard.

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