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.
1000 Chain = 4000 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 |1000 Chain equal 4000 Rod.
Every 1 Chain = 4 Rod and so, 1000 Chain = 1000 multiplied by 4 = 4000 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:
| 990 Chain = 3960 Rod |
| 991 Chain = 3964 Rod |
| 992 Chain = 3968 Rod |
| 993 Chain = 3972 Rod |
| 994 Chain = 3976 Rod |
| 995 Chain = 3980 Rod |
| 996 Chain = 3984 Rod |
| 997 Chain = 3988 Rod |
| 998 Chain = 3992 Rod |
| 999 Chain = 3996 Rod |
| 1000 Chain = 4000 Rod |
| 1001 Chain = 4004 Rod |
| 1002 Chain = 4008 Rod |
| 1003 Chain = 4012 Rod |
| 1004 Chain = 4016 Rod |
| 1005 Chain = 4020 Rod |
| 1006 Chain = 4024 Rod |
| 1007 Chain = 4028 Rod |
| 1008 Chain = 4032 Rod |
| 1009 Chain = 4036 Rod |
| 1010 Chain = 4040 Rod |