The rod is a unit of length equal to 5. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Length is the long Dimension of any object The length of a thing is the distance between its ends its linear extent as measured from end to end 5 yards, 11 cubits, 5. A yard (abbreviation yd) is a unit of Length in several different systems including English units Imperial units and United For the multi-touch interface see CUBIT (multi-touch. For the unit of information see Qubit. 0292 metres, 16. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International 5 feet, or ¹⁄₃₂₀ of a statute mile. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States A rod is the same length as a perch^[1] and a pole. The lengths of the perch (one rod) and chain (four rods) were standardized in 1607 by Edmund Gunter. A chain is a unit of Length; it measures 66 feet or 22 yards (20 Edmund Gunter ( 1581 - December 10, 1626) English Mathematician, of Welsh descent was born in Hertfordshire in 1581 In old English, the term lug is also used. ^[2][3]

The length is equal to the standardized length of the ox goad used by medieval English ploughmen; fields were measured in acres which were one chain (four rods) by one furlong (in the United Kingdom, ten chains). The goad is a traditional farming implement used to spur or guide lifestock usually Oxen which are pulling a Plough or a Cart; used also to round The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U A chain is a unit of Length; it measures 66 feet or 22 yards (20 A furlong is a measure of Distance in Imperial units and US customary units.

Because the furlong was "one plough's furrow long" and a furrow was the length a plough team was to be driven without resting, the length of the furlong and the acre vary regionally, nominally due to differing soil types. A furlong is a measure of Distance in Imperial units and US customary units. A furlong is a measure of Distance in Imperial units and US customary units. The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U In England the acre was 4,840 square yards, but in Scotland it was 6,150 square yards and in Ireland 7,840 square yards. In all three countries, fields were divided in acres and thus the furlong became a measure commonly used in horse racing, archery, and civic planning.

A sign at the City Hall in Münster, Germany noting that the bar shown is one "Prussian Half Rod" long

The rod was still in use as a common unit of measurement in the mid-1800s, when Henry David Thoreau used it frequently when describing distances in his work Walden. Münster ( is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Walden (first published as Walden or Life in the Woods) by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known Non-fiction books written

Bars of metal one rod (16. 5 feet) long were used as standards of length in surveying land in the past. Surveying is the technique and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional space Position of points and the distances and angles between One example of a surveyor's rod is a one piece metal bar encased in a cylindrical canvas tube (to keep the sun from heating it and making it increase in length) with a piece of the semiprecious gemstone jasper at each end of the rod (to prevent wear of the metal bar). A gemstone or gem, also called a precious or semi-precious stone, is a piece of attractive Mineral, which &mdash when cut and polished &mdash JasPer is a project to create a reference implementation of the codec specified in the JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard (ie

The rod was phased out as a unit of measurement that could legally be used in the United Kingdom as part of a ten year metrication process that began on 24 May 1965^[4]. Its modern-day obscurity was used as an indicator of Grampa Simpson's age in the episode entitled ‘A Star Is Burns’, when he uttered: “My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!” This translates into 504 U. Abraham "Abe" "Grampa" J Simpson (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a Fictional character featured in the Animated cartoon Television " A Star Is Burns " is the 18th episode of The Simpsons ' sixth season. A hogshead is a large cask of liquid (less often of a food commodity) S. gallons per mile, or about 1. 2 litres per metre. In units more normal for this purpose, it is 0. 00198 miles per US gallon (or about 10. A gallon is a measure of Volume. It is in current use in the United States and still has limited use in many other English-speaking countries 48 feet per gallon) or 118,500 L/100 km.

Despite no longer being in widespread use, the rod is still used in certain specialised fields. In recreational canoeing, maps measure portages (overland paths where canoes must be carried) in rods. A canoe is a small narrow Boat, typically human-powered though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors Portage refers to the practice of carrying a Canoe or other Boat over land to avoid an obstacle on the water route (such as Rapids or a Waterfall This is thought to persist due to the rod approximating the length of a typical canoe. In the United Kingdom, the sizes of allotment gardens continue to be measured informally in square rods (although rental prices must be quoted in metric units). The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Allotment gardens are characterised by a concentration in one place of a few or up to several hundreds of land parcels that are assigned to individual families A garden is a planned space usually outdoors set aside for the display cultivation and enjoyment of Plants and other forms of Nature. In Vermont, the default width of state and town highways and trails is three rods. (VSA Title 17 §702) Rods can also be sometimes found on the legal descriptions of properties in the United States that used the "Metes and bounds" method of land survey;^[5] as shown in this actual legal description of rural real estate: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Commencing 45 rods East and 44 rods North of Southwest corner of Southwest 1/4 of Southwest 1/4; thence North 36 rods; thence East 35 rods; thence South 36 rods; thence West 35 rods to the place of beginning, Manistique Township, Schoolcraft County, Michigan. Metes and bounds is a system or method of describing land 'real' property (in contrast to personal property or Real estate.

Notes

1. ^ A perch is also a unit of area of land = 1 square rod, and a unit of cubic measure of stonework, usually = 16. 5 feet by 1 foot by 1. 5 feet = 24. 75 cubic feet.
2. ^ Anglo-Saxon And Roman To Metrics Conversion
3. ^ Units: L
4. ^ Department of Trade and Industry
5. ^ Shelton, Neil. How to Read Land Descriptions. homestead. org. Retrieved on 2008-05-07. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses

See also

• furlong
• perch (volume) for a related unit of volume with the same name. A furlong is a measure of Distance in Imperial units and US customary units. A perch is as a Unit of measurement used for length area and volume in a number of different systems of measurement