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.
500 Chain = 2000 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 |500 Chain equal 2000 Rod.
Every 1 Chain = 4 Rod and so, 500 Chain = 500 multiplied by 4 = 2000 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:
| 490 Chain = 1960 Rod |
| 491 Chain = 1964 Rod |
| 492 Chain = 1968 Rod |
| 493 Chain = 1972 Rod |
| 494 Chain = 1976 Rod |
| 495 Chain = 1980 Rod |
| 496 Chain = 1984 Rod |
| 497 Chain = 1988 Rod |
| 498 Chain = 1992 Rod |
| 499 Chain = 1996 Rod |
| 500 Chain = 2000 Rod |
| 501 Chain = 2004 Rod |
| 502 Chain = 2008 Rod |
| 503 Chain = 2012 Rod |
| 504 Chain = 2016 Rod |
| 505 Chain = 2020 Rod |
| 506 Chain = 2024 Rod |
| 507 Chain = 2028 Rod |
| 508 Chain = 2032 Rod |
| 509 Chain = 2036 Rod |
| 510 Chain = 2040 Rod |