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A barleycorn is a single grain of barley, a unit of one third of an inch, although obsolete, still used as a basis for measurements of shoe sizes.

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What is the nation that developed the inch pound system?

The British Empire started using Imperial Units around 1825, which is the closest to the units that we still use today (inch, pound, foot, ton, mile, etc.). Before 1825 the British Empire was using English Units, which were very similar to the Imperial Unit, with more units of measurment in between. For example, you had the Digit (3/4 inch), the Finger (7/8 inch), the Hand (4 inches), the Nail (3 digits), the Palm (3 inches). And the inch itself was made up of 3 barleycorns. The barleycorn being the smallest of the English Units


How many inches are there in 6 and 1 fourth?

6¼ what? 6¼ leagues = 6¼ leagues × 190,800 inches/league = 1,188,000 inches 6¼ miles = 6¼ miles × 63,360 inches/mile = 396,000 inches 6¼ furlongs = 6¼ furlongs × 7,920 inches/furlong = 49,500 inches 6¼ chains = 6¼ chains × 792 inches/chain = 4,950 inches 6¼ fathoms = 6¼ × 72 inches/fathom = 450 inches 6¼ yards = 6¼ yards × 36 inches/yard = 225 inches 6¼ feet = 6¼ feet × 12 inches/foot = 75 inches 6¼ inches = 6¼ inches × 1 inch/inch = 6¼ inches 6¼ barleycorns = 6¼ inches × ⅓ inch/barleycorn = 2 1/12 inches 6¼ mm = 6¼ mm ÷ 25.4 mm/inch = 125/508 inches ≈ 0.246 inches 6¼ cm = 6¼ cm ÷ 2.54 cm/inch = 2 117/254 inches ≈ 2.46 inches 6¼ m = 6¼ m ÷ 0.0254 m/inch = 246 8/127 inches ≈ 246.06 inches 6¼ km = 6¼ km ÷ 0.0000254 km/inch = 246,062 126/127 inches ≈ 246,063 inches You need to specify the units of the 6¼ before the correct conversion can be given.