Comments on: The Vara http://blog.121pcs.com/the-vara.html AutoCAD Civil 3D Resources since 2005 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:39:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Scott http://blog.121pcs.com/the-vara.html/comment-page-1#comment-58 Scott Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:08:00 +0000 http://blog.121pcs.com/?p=107#comment-58 For George:<br/><br/>1 Square Chain measures 66 x 66<br/><br/>10 Square Chains measures 66 x 660 = 43,560 sqft or 1 Acre<br/><br/>100 Square Chains measures 660 x 660 = 435,560 sqft or 10 Acres For George:

1 Square Chain measures 66 x 66

10 Square Chains measures 66 x 660 = 43,560 sqft or 1 Acre

100 Square Chains measures 660 x 660 = 435,560 sqft or 10 Acres

]]> By: George E. Clower http://blog.121pcs.com/the-vara.html/comment-page-1#comment-57 George E. Clower Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:09:00 +0000 http://blog.121pcs.com/?p=107#comment-57 I note with interest your conversion table for "Vara as a Unit of Measurement." You may want to verify the units of measurement for 10 chains, for, it would seem to me, that if 10 chains is 660 feet, then 10 square chains should be 10 acres and not 1 acre as noted in "The Vara" article (e.g. 660ft x 660ft = 435,600 SF or 10 acres). <br/>George E. Clower, AIA, Architect<br/>Corpus Christi, Texas<br/>george.clower@bhpeng.com I note with interest your conversion table for “Vara as a Unit of Measurement.” You may want to verify the units of measurement for 10 chains, for, it would seem to me, that if 10 chains is 660 feet, then 10 square chains should be 10 acres and not 1 acre as noted in “The Vara” article (e.g. 660ft x 660ft = 435,600 SF or 10 acres).
George E. Clower, AIA, Architect
Corpus Christi, Texas
george.clower@bhpeng.com

]]> By: Dana Breig Probert, EIT http://blog.121pcs.com/the-vara.html/comment-page-1#comment-53 Dana Breig Probert, EIT Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:27:00 +0000 http://blog.121pcs.com/?p=107#comment-53 wow. and i thought we had it bad here in colonial states with the ol' "by an width the old oak tree, in the direction of the old horse buggy on Jones's place" etc. wow. and i thought we had it bad here in colonial states with the ol’ “by an width the old oak tree, in the direction of the old horse buggy on Jones’s place” etc.

]]> By: R.K. McSwain http://blog.121pcs.com/the-vara.html/comment-page-1#comment-52 R.K. McSwain Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:17:00 +0000 http://blog.121pcs.com/?p=107#comment-52 FYI: At least one commercial software package allows deed entry in varas (which we have used a few times). FYI: At least one commercial software package allows deed entry in varas (which we have used a few times).

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