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.
250 Chain = 1000 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 |250 Chain equal 1000 Rod.
Every 1 Chain = 4 Rod and so, 250 Chain = 250 multiplied by 4 = 1000 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:
| 240 Chain = 960.00000000001 Rod |
| 241 Chain = 964.00000000001 Rod |
| 242 Chain = 968.00000000001 Rod |
| 243 Chain = 972.00000000001 Rod |
| 244 Chain = 976.00000000001 Rod |
| 245 Chain = 980.00000000001 Rod |
| 246 Chain = 984.00000000001 Rod |
| 247 Chain = 988.00000000001 Rod |
| 248 Chain = 992.00000000001 Rod |
| 249 Chain = 996.00000000001 Rod |
| 250 Chain = 1000 Rod |
| 251 Chain = 1004 Rod |
| 252 Chain = 1008 Rod |
| 253 Chain = 1012 Rod |
| 254 Chain = 1016 Rod |
| 255 Chain = 1020 Rod |
| 256 Chain = 1024 Rod |
| 257 Chain = 1028 Rod |
| 258 Chain = 1032 Rod |
| 259 Chain = 1036 Rod |
| 260 Chain = 1040 Rod |