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    The document discusses how to take measurements using a surveying chain. It explains that the first or cut chain gets its name because the full foot reading at the head must be reduced by the partial foot reading at the rear. For example, if the head pin is at 99 feet and the rear pin is at 0.4 feet, the distance is 99 - 0.4 = 98.6 feet. It also notes that the first step is determining the units of measurement used on the chain, like whether each number represents one foot of distance and each line represents 0.1 of a foot.

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    The document discusses how to take measurements using a surveying chain. It explains that the first or cut chain gets its name because the full foot reading at the head must be reduced by the partial foot reading at the rear. For example, if the head pin is at 99 feet and the rear pin is at 0.4 feet, the distance is 99 - 0.4 = 98.6 feet. It also notes that the first step is determining the units of measurement used on the chain, like whether each number represents one foot of distance and each line represents 0.1 of a foot.

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    The document discusses how to take measurements using a surveying chain. It explains that the first or cut chain gets its name because the full foot reading at the head must be reduced by the partial foot reading at the rear. For example, if the head pin is at 99 feet and the rear pin is at 0.4 feet, the distance is 99 - 0.4 = 98.6 feet. It also notes that the first step is determining the units of measurement used on the chain, like whether each number represents one foot of distance and each line represents 0.1 of a foot.

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    Reading A Cut Chain

    The first foot or cut chain gets its name from the fact that the whole foot
    reading at the head of the chain must be reduced “cut” by the partial foot.

    In this example the pin at the head is on 99 feet and the rear pin is on 0.4
    feet. The distance is 99 - 0.4 or 98.6 feet.

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    Reading Surveying Steel Chain
    The first step in reading a surveying chain is to determine
    the units that are used.

    • Knowing that the chain is 100 feet long, having numbers from 0 to 100
    indicates that each number is one foot of distance.
    • Each foot has nine (9) lines (10 spaces), therefore each line represents
    1/10 or 0.10 of a foot.
    • The reading for this example is 98.6 ft.

    Note: this a fully graduated chain

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