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.
500 Rod = 12.5 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 |500 Rod equal 12.5 Furlong.
Every 1 Rod = 0.025 Furlong and so, 500 Rod = 500 multiplied by 0.025 = 12.5 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 .
| 490 Rod = 12.25 Furlong |
| 491 Rod = 12.275 Furlong |
| 492 Rod = 12.3 Furlong |
| 493 Rod = 12.325 Furlong |
| 494 Rod = 12.35 Furlong |
| 495 Rod = 12.375 Furlong |
| 496 Rod = 12.4 Furlong |
| 497 Rod = 12.425 Furlong |
| 498 Rod = 12.45 Furlong |
| 499 Rod = 12.475 Furlong |
| 500 Rod = 12.5 Furlong |
| 501 Rod = 12.525 Furlong |
| 502 Rod = 12.55 Furlong |
| 503 Rod = 12.575 Furlong |
| 504 Rod = 12.6 Furlong |
| 505 Rod = 12.625 Furlong |
| 506 Rod = 12.65 Furlong |
| 507 Rod = 12.675 Furlong |
| 508 Rod = 12.7 Furlong |
| 509 Rod = 12.725 Furlong |
| 510 Rod = 12.75 Furlong |