Gunter's chain

Summary

Gunter's chain ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• Gunter's chain is credited with the discovery of Edmund Gunter^[2].
• Gunter's chain's image is recorded as Gunter's chain at Campus Martius Museum.JPG^[3].
• Gunter's chain's subclass of is recorded as measuring instrument^[4].
• Gunter's chain's subclass of is recorded as measuring chain^[5].
• Gunter's chain's subclass of is recorded as surveying instrument^[6].
• Gunter's chain's subclass of is recorded as unit of measurement^[7].
• Gunter's chain's has part is recorded as link^[8].
• +1620-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gunter's chain^[9].
• Gunter's chain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wv88y^[10].
• Gunter's chain's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300199917^[11].
• Gunter's chain's described by source is recorded as Manual of Land Surveying^[12].
• Gunter's chain's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/surveyors-chain^[13].
• Gunter's chain's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+20.1'}^[14].
• Gunter's chain's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q482798', 'amount': '+22'}^[15].
• Gunter's chain's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Concept", "GuntersChain::593zj"]^[16].
• Gunter's chain's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 43453842^[17].
• Gunter's chain's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Definition:Gunter's_Chain^[18].
• Gunter's chain's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 10175^[19].

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Works and Contributions

Gunter's chain is credited with the discovery of Edmund Gunter^[2].

Why It Matters

Gunter's chain ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]