Convert foot (US survey) to barleycorn
Please provide values below to convert foot (US survey) [ft (US)] to barleycorn [barleycorn], or Convert barleycorn to foot (US survey).
How to Convert Foot (Us Survey) to Barleycorn
1 ft (US) = 36.0000718582674 barleycorn
Example: convert 15 ft (US) to barleycorn:
15 ft (US) = 15 × 36.0000718582674 barleycorn = 540.001077874011 barleycorn
Foot (Us Survey) to Barleycorn Conversion Table
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Foot (Us Survey)
The U.S. survey foot was a unit of length defined as exactly 1200/3937 meters.
History/Origin
The U.S. survey foot was used for land surveying in the United States for most of the 20th century. Its use was officially phased out in 2022 to standardize with the international foot.
Current Use
The U.S. survey foot is now an obsolete unit.
Barleycorn
A barleycorn is an old English unit of length, equal to one-third of an inch.
History/Origin
The barleycorn was a unit of measurement in medieval England, and was originally based on the length of a grain of barley. It was a fundamental unit from which other units were derived.
Current Use
The barleycorn is an obsolete unit of measurement, but it is still the basis for shoe sizes in English-speaking countries.