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Length/Distance | Convert from arpent [France] to twain |
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Common Length Conversions Metric Length Conversions Unit Definition (arpent [France]) The Arpent is a traditional unit of distance in French-speaking nations. It was used as a land measurement, which is the reason for 'Arpentage' becomming the French word for surveying. It has an official definition of 191.835 English feet (58.471308 meters). Unit Definition (twain) The twain is an old word for the number two, derived from the Anglo-Saxon twegen. The American author Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), who had been a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi in his youth, took his literary name from a traditional riverboat phrase "mark twain", meaning "exactly two" fathoms of water. This was the minimum depth needed for the boats to operate safely without running aground.
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