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.
5000 Fathom = 1818.1818181819 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 |5000 Fathom equal 1818.1818181819 Rod.
Every 1 Fathom = 0.36363636363637 Rod and so, 5000 Fathom = 5000 multiplied by 0.36363636363637 = 1818.1818181819 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:
| 4990 Fathom = 1814.5454545455 Rod |
| 4991 Fathom = 1814.9090909091 Rod |
| 4992 Fathom = 1815.2727272728 Rod |
| 4993 Fathom = 1815.6363636364 Rod |
| 4994 Fathom = 1816 Rod |
| 4995 Fathom = 1816.3636363637 Rod |
| 4996 Fathom = 1816.7272727273 Rod |
| 4997 Fathom = 1817.090909091 Rod |
| 4998 Fathom = 1817.4545454546 Rod |
| 4999 Fathom = 1817.8181818182 Rod |
| 5000 Fathom = 1818.1818181819 Rod |
| 5001 Fathom = 1818.5454545455 Rod |
| 5002 Fathom = 1818.9090909091 Rod |
| 5003 Fathom = 1819.2727272728 Rod |
| 5004 Fathom = 1819.6363636364 Rod |
| 5005 Fathom = 1820 Rod |
| 5006 Fathom = 1820.3636363637 Rod |
| 5007 Fathom = 1820.7272727273 Rod |
| 5008 Fathom = 1821.090909091 Rod |
| 5009 Fathom = 1821.4545454546 Rod |
| 5010 Fathom = 1821.8181818182 Rod |