This calculator allows you to convert from Rod to Fathom and in a reverse direction. To convert from Rod to Fathom, enter the amount of Rod into the first input and to convert from Fathom to Rod, enter the amount of Fathom into the second input.
This calculator allows you to convert from Rod to Fathom and in a reverse direction. To convert from Rod to Fathom, enter the amount of Rod into the first input and to convert from Fathom to Rod, enter the amount of Fathom into the second input.
50 Rod = 137.5 Fathom
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 |50 Rod equal 137.5 Fathom.
Every 1 Rod = 2.7499999999999 Fathom and so, 50 Rod = 50 multiplied by 2.7499999999999 = 137.5 Fathom.
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 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.
| 40 Rod = 110 Fathom |
| 41 Rod = 112.75 Fathom |
| 42 Rod = 115.5 Fathom |
| 43 Rod = 118.25 Fathom |
| 44 Rod = 121 Fathom |
| 45 Rod = 123.75 Fathom |
| 46 Rod = 126.5 Fathom |
| 47 Rod = 129.25 Fathom |
| 48 Rod = 132 Fathom |
| 49 Rod = 134.75 Fathom |
| 50 Rod = 137.5 Fathom |
| 51 Rod = 140.25 Fathom |
| 52 Rod = 143 Fathom |
| 53 Rod = 145.75 Fathom |
| 54 Rod = 148.5 Fathom |
| 55 Rod = 151.25 Fathom |
| 56 Rod = 154 Fathom |
| 57 Rod = 156.75 Fathom |
| 58 Rod = 159.5 Fathom |
| 59 Rod = 162.25 Fathom |
| 60 Rod = 165 Fathom |