Convert 500000 Rod to Fathom: 500000 Rod in Fathom

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.

500000 Rod = 1375000 Fathom

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How to convert 500000 Rod to Fathom?

500000 Rod equal 1375000 Fathom.

Every 1 Rod = 2.7499999999999 Fathom and so, 500000 Rod = 500000 multiplied by 2.7499999999999 = 1375000 Fathom.

Rod

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:

  • the acquisition of pipeline easements.
  • maps measure portages
  • recreational canoeing

Fathom

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.

Rod to Fathom Conversions Table

499990 Rod = 1374972.5 Fathom
499991 Rod = 1374975.25 Fathom
499992 Rod = 1374978 Fathom
499993 Rod = 1374980.75 Fathom
499994 Rod = 1374983.5 Fathom
499995 Rod = 1374986.25 Fathom
499996 Rod = 1374989 Fathom
499997 Rod = 1374991.75 Fathom
499998 Rod = 1374994.5 Fathom
499999 Rod = 1374997.25 Fathom
500000 Rod = 1375000 Fathom
500001 Rod = 1375002.75 Fathom
500002 Rod = 1375005.5 Fathom
500003 Rod = 1375008.25 Fathom
500004 Rod = 1375011 Fathom
500005 Rod = 1375013.75 Fathom
500006 Rod = 1375016.5 Fathom
500007 Rod = 1375019.25 Fathom
500008 Rod = 1375022 Fathom
500009 Rod = 1375024.75 Fathom
500010 Rod = 1375027.5 Fathom
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