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.
500000 Chain = 2000000 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 |500000 Chain equal 2000000 Rod.
Every 1 Chain = 4 Rod and so, 500000 Chain = 500000 multiplied by 4 = 2000000 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:
| 499990 Chain = 1999960 Rod |
| 499991 Chain = 1999964 Rod |
| 499992 Chain = 1999968 Rod |
| 499993 Chain = 1999972 Rod |
| 499994 Chain = 1999976 Rod |
| 499995 Chain = 1999980 Rod |
| 499996 Chain = 1999984 Rod |
| 499997 Chain = 1999988 Rod |
| 499998 Chain = 1999992 Rod |
| 499999 Chain = 1999996 Rod |
| 500000 Chain = 2000000 Rod |
| 500001 Chain = 2000004 Rod |
| 500002 Chain = 2000008 Rod |
| 500003 Chain = 2000012 Rod |
| 500004 Chain = 2000016 Rod |
| 500005 Chain = 2000020 Rod |
| 500006 Chain = 2000024 Rod |
| 500007 Chain = 2000028 Rod |
| 500008 Chain = 2000032 Rod |
| 500009 Chain = 2000036 Rod |
| 500010 Chain = 2000040 Rod |