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.
500 Rod = 1375 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 |500 Rod equal 1375 Fathom.
Every 1 Rod = 2.7499999999999 Fathom and so, 500 Rod = 500 multiplied by 2.7499999999999 = 1375 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.
| 490 Rod = 1347.5 Fathom |
| 491 Rod = 1350.25 Fathom |
| 492 Rod = 1353 Fathom |
| 493 Rod = 1355.75 Fathom |
| 494 Rod = 1358.5 Fathom |
| 495 Rod = 1361.25 Fathom |
| 496 Rod = 1364 Fathom |
| 497 Rod = 1366.75 Fathom |
| 498 Rod = 1369.5 Fathom |
| 499 Rod = 1372.25 Fathom |
| 500 Rod = 1375 Fathom |
| 501 Rod = 1377.75 Fathom |
| 502 Rod = 1380.5 Fathom |
| 503 Rod = 1383.25 Fathom |
| 504 Rod = 1386 Fathom |
| 505 Rod = 1388.75 Fathom |
| 506 Rod = 1391.5 Fathom |
| 507 Rod = 1394.25 Fathom |
| 508 Rod = 1397 Fathom |
| 509 Rod = 1399.75 Fathom |
| 510 Rod = 1402.5 Fathom |