What is 870mil in Ells?

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What is 870 Mils (870mil) in Ells (ell)?

What is 870mil in ell? Convert 870 Mils (870mil) to Ells (ell) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Mils to Ells

Formula
ell = mil / 45000
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Ells, divide the number of Mils by 45 thousand
Mils (mil) in 1 Ell
There are 45000 Mils in 1 Ell
Ells (ell) in 1 Mil
There are 0 Ells in 1 Mil

Unit Information

Mil
/mɪl/
Symbol: mil
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Mil?

The mil is a unit of length in the imperial unit system and uses the symbol mil (or sometimes thou).

A mil in one one-thousandth of an inch (0.001 inches) or 25.4 μm.

The mil is still used in the US to measure thickness of various materials.

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".


Conversion Tables for Mils (mil) to Ells (ell)