This calculator allows you to convert from Fathom to Rod and in a reverse direction. To convert from Fathom to Rod, enter the amount of Fathom into the first input and to convert from Rod to Fathom, enter the amount of Rod into the second input.
This calculator allows you to convert from Fathom to Rod and in a reverse direction. To convert from Fathom to Rod, enter the amount of Fathom into the first input and to convert from Rod to Fathom, enter the amount of Rod into the second input.
500 Fathom = 181.81818181819 Rod
Fathom to Meter | Fathom to Foot | Fathom to Centimeter | Fathom to Inch | Fathom to Kilometer | Fathom to Mile | Fathom to Millimeter | Fathom to Yard | Fathom to Micrometer |500 Fathom equal 181.81818181819 Rod.
Every 1 Fathom = 0.36363636363637 Rod and so, 500 Fathom = 500 multiplied by 0.36363636363637 = 181.81818181819 Rod.
What is fathom?
As we mentioned before, the human body was the base from which length units were derived. Fathom is one of these units. For a large man holding his arms fully extended, the distance from the middle fingertip of one hand to the middle fingertip of the other hand express one fathom.
For more specification, one fathom equals 6 feet or nearly 1.83 meter. The term "fathom" was derived from the old English "faedm" which means outstretched arms. Fathom is used mainly in water depth measurement.
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 Fathom = 178.18181818182 Rod |
| 491 Fathom = 178.54545454546 Rod |
| 492 Fathom = 178.90909090909 Rod |
| 493 Fathom = 179.27272727273 Rod |
| 494 Fathom = 179.63636363637 Rod |
| 495 Fathom = 180 Rod |
| 496 Fathom = 180.36363636364 Rod |
| 497 Fathom = 180.72727272728 Rod |
| 498 Fathom = 181.09090909091 Rod |
| 499 Fathom = 181.45454545455 Rod |
| 500 Fathom = 181.81818181819 Rod |
| 501 Fathom = 182.18181818182 Rod |
| 502 Fathom = 182.54545454546 Rod |
| 503 Fathom = 182.9090909091 Rod |
| 504 Fathom = 183.27272727273 Rod |
| 505 Fathom = 183.63636363637 Rod |
| 506 Fathom = 184 Rod |
| 507 Fathom = 184.36363636364 Rod |
| 508 Fathom = 184.72727272728 Rod |
| 509 Fathom = 185.09090909091 Rod |
| 510 Fathom = 185.45454545455 Rod |