This calculator allows you to convert from Chain to Rod and in a reverse direction. To convert from Chain to Rod, enter the amount of Chain into the first input and to convert from Rod to Chain, enter the amount of Rod into the second input.
This calculator allows you to convert from Chain to Rod and in a reverse direction. To convert from Chain to Rod, enter the amount of Chain into the first input and to convert from Rod to Chain, enter the amount of Rod into the second input.
100 Chain = 400 Rod
Chain to Meter | Chain to Foot | Chain to Centimeter | Chain to Inch | Chain to Kilometer | Chain to Mile | Chain to Millimeter | Chain to Yard | Chain to Micrometer |100 Chain equal 400 Rod.
Every 1 Chain = 4 Rod and so, 100 Chain = 100 multiplied by 4 = 400 Rod.
What is the chain?
The chain is a unit of length. It equals 66 feet. The chain was first introduced between 1579 and 1607.
Several countries have used chain for several centuries especially in England. Note that there are 80 chains in one mile.
The main use of the chain is in laying out US townships. Official governments must use US survey chain to do surveys according to the federal law passed in 1785.
What is rod?
The rod is a unit used to measure distance. It is an old English unit. Rod is the same length as a perch (pole). perch is measured using cordage or wood.
One rod equals to 16.5 feet (5.029 metres). The idiom "rod" is derived from the old English rodd.
Since 1965, rod has been legalized as a unit of measurement in the united kingdom.
Nowadays, the use of rod is not common but Some fields are still using it such as:
| 90 Chain = 360 Rod |
| 91 Chain = 364 Rod |
| 92 Chain = 368 Rod |
| 93 Chain = 372 Rod |
| 94 Chain = 376 Rod |
| 95 Chain = 380 Rod |
| 96 Chain = 384 Rod |
| 97 Chain = 388 Rod |
| 98 Chain = 392 Rod |
| 99 Chain = 396 Rod |
| 100 Chain = 400 Rod |
| 101 Chain = 404 Rod |
| 102 Chain = 408 Rod |
| 103 Chain = 412 Rod |
| 104 Chain = 416 Rod |
| 105 Chain = 420 Rod |
| 106 Chain = 424 Rod |
| 107 Chain = 428 Rod |
| 108 Chain = 432 Rod |
| 109 Chain = 436 Rod |
| 110 Chain = 440 Rod |