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.
5000 Rod = 1250 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 |5000 Rod equal 1250 Chain.
Every 1 Rod = 0.25 Chain and so, 5000 Rod = 5000 multiplied by 0.25 = 1250 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.
| 4990 Rod = 1247.5 Chain |
| 4991 Rod = 1247.75 Chain |
| 4992 Rod = 1248 Chain |
| 4993 Rod = 1248.25 Chain |
| 4994 Rod = 1248.5 Chain |
| 4995 Rod = 1248.75 Chain |
| 4996 Rod = 1249 Chain |
| 4997 Rod = 1249.25 Chain |
| 4998 Rod = 1249.5 Chain |
| 4999 Rod = 1249.75 Chain |
| 5000 Rod = 1250 Chain |
| 5001 Rod = 1250.25 Chain |
| 5002 Rod = 1250.5 Chain |
| 5003 Rod = 1250.75 Chain |
| 5004 Rod = 1251 Chain |
| 5005 Rod = 1251.25 Chain |
| 5006 Rod = 1251.5 Chain |
| 5007 Rod = 1251.75 Chain |
| 5008 Rod = 1252 Chain |
| 5009 Rod = 1252.25 Chain |
| 5010 Rod = 1252.5 Chain |