This calculator allows you to convert from Rod to Chain and in a reverse direction. To convert from Rod to Chain, enter the amount of Rod into the first input and to convert from Chain to Rod, enter the amount of Chain into the second input.
This calculator allows you to convert from Rod to Chain and in a reverse direction. To convert from Rod to Chain, enter the amount of Rod into the first input and to convert from Chain to Rod, enter the amount of Chain into the second input.
1000 Rod = 250 Chain
Rod to Meter | Rod to Foot | Rod to Centimeter | Rod to Inch | Rod to Kilometer | Rod to Mile | Rod to Millimeter | Rod to Yard | Rod to Micrometer |1000 Rod equal 250 Chain.
Every 1 Rod = 0.25 Chain and so, 1000 Rod = 1000 multiplied by 0.25 = 250 Chain.
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:
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.
| 990 Rod = 247.5 Chain |
| 991 Rod = 247.75 Chain |
| 992 Rod = 248 Chain |
| 993 Rod = 248.25 Chain |
| 994 Rod = 248.5 Chain |
| 995 Rod = 248.75 Chain |
| 996 Rod = 249 Chain |
| 997 Rod = 249.25 Chain |
| 998 Rod = 249.5 Chain |
| 999 Rod = 249.75 Chain |
| 1000 Rod = 250 Chain |
| 1001 Rod = 250.25 Chain |
| 1002 Rod = 250.5 Chain |
| 1003 Rod = 250.75 Chain |
| 1004 Rod = 251 Chain |
| 1005 Rod = 251.25 Chain |
| 1006 Rod = 251.5 Chain |
| 1007 Rod = 251.75 Chain |
| 1008 Rod = 252 Chain |
| 1009 Rod = 252.25 Chain |
| 1010 Rod = 252.5 Chain |