This calculator allows you to convert from Rod to Furlong and in a reverse direction. To convert from Rod to Furlong, enter the amount of Rod into the first input and to convert from Furlong to Rod, enter the amount of Furlong into the second input.
This calculator allows you to convert from Rod to Furlong and in a reverse direction. To convert from Rod to Furlong, enter the amount of Rod into the first input and to convert from Furlong to Rod, enter the amount of Furlong into the second input.
5 Rod = 0.125 Furlong
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 |5 Rod equal 0.125 Furlong.
Every 1 Rod = 0.025 Furlong and so, 5 Rod = 5 multiplied by 0.025 = 0.125 Furlong.
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 does furlong refer to?
A furlong is a measure of distance which equals one eighth of a mile. A good note is that furlong is used in both imperial and U.S. customary systems of measurement.
One furlong equals to 660 feet.
Historically, furlong was estimated be be equivalent to the roman stadium. It was also based on the length of an average plowed furrow .
| 1 Rod = 0.025 Furlong |
| 2 Rod = 0.049999999999999 Furlong |
| 3 Rod = 0.074999999999999 Furlong |
| 4 Rod = 0.099999999999999 Furlong |
| 5 Rod = 0.125 Furlong |
| 6 Rod = 0.15 Furlong |
| 7 Rod = 0.175 Furlong |
| 8 Rod = 0.2 Furlong |
| 9 Rod = 0.225 Furlong |
| 10 Rod = 0.25 Furlong |
| 11 Rod = 0.275 Furlong |
| 12 Rod = 0.3 Furlong |
| 13 Rod = 0.325 Furlong |
| 14 Rod = 0.35 Furlong |
| 15 Rod = 0.375 Furlong |