What is 700ell in Inches?

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What is 700 Ells (700ell) in Inches (in)?

What is 700ell in in? Convert 700 Ells (700ell) to Inches (in) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Ells to Inches

Formula
in = ell x 45
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Inches, multiply the number of Ells by 45.0
Ells (ell) in 1 Inch
There are 0.02 Ells in 1 Inch
Inches (in) in 1 Ell
There are 45 Inches in 1 Ell

Unit Information

Ell
/ɛl/
Symbol: ell
Unit System: Historic English

What is the Ell?

The ell is a unit of length and originates from historic England and uses the symbol ell.

The ell usually measured 45in or 1.143m but was origally a "cubit" - which was the length from your elbow to the tip of your fingers and literally translated from the word "arm". It was mostly used in the tailoring world when buying and selling textiles.

Although now obsolete, the word "ell" still survives in the English word "elbow".

Inch
/ɪn(t)ʃ/
Symbol: in
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Inch?

The inch is a unit of length in the imperial unit system with the symbol in.

There are 12 inches in a foot and 3 feet in a yard. Therefore there are 36 inches in a yard. There are exactly 2.54 centimetres in an inch.

Borrowed from the Latin 'uncia' - the English word 'inch', the origination of the word came from the Old English word for 'ounce' which was related to the Roman phrase for "one twelfth".

The inch is still a commonly used unit in the UK, USA and Canada - and is also still used in the production of electronic equipment, still very evident in the measuring of monitor and screen sizing.


Conversion Tables for Ells (ell) to Inches (in)