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The terms pole, perch, rod and rood have been used as units of area, and perch is also used as a unit of volume. As a unit of area, a square perch (the perch being standardized to equal 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards) is equal to a square rod, 30 + 1 ⁄ 4 square yards (25.29 square metres) or 1 ⁄ 160 acre.
Rood is an English unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre [2] or 10,890 square feet, exactly 1,011.7141056 m 2. A rectangle that is one furlong (i.e., 10 chains , or 40 rods) in length and one rod in width is one rood in area, as is any space comprising 40 perches (a perch being one square rod).
kilogram-force per square millimetre: kgf/mm 2: ≡ 1 kgf/mm 2 = 9.806 65 × 10 6 Pa [33] kip per square inch: ksi ≡ 1 kipf/sq in ≈ 6.894 757 × 10 6 Pa [33] long ton per square foot: ≡ 1 long ton × g 0 / 1 sq ft ≈ 1.072 517 801 1595 × 10 5 Pa: micrometre of mercury: μmHg ≡ 13 595.1 kg/m 3 × 1 μm × g 0 ≈ 0.001 torr ≈ 0.133 ...
4,840 square yards; 43,560 square feet; 160 perches. A perch is equal to a square rod (1 square rod is 0.00625 acre) 4 roods; A furlong by a chain (furlong 220 yards, chain 22 yards) 40 rods by 4 rods, 160 rods 2 (historically fencing was often sold in 40 rod lengths [49]) 1 ⁄ 640 (0.0015625) square mile (1 square mile is equal to 640 acres)
For example, each of the following converts 1.2 km 2 to acres, square yards, and hectares. {{convert ... → 28 pounds per square inch (190,000 Pa) {{convert|28|psi ...
The units were based on "English measure" but used a linear perch measuring 7 yards (6.4 m) as opposed to the English rod of 5.5 yards (5.0 m). Thus, linear units such as the furlong and mile , which were defined in terms of perches, were longer by a factor of 14:11 (~27% more) in Irish measure, while units of area, such as the rood or acre ...
The perch population has fared much better in Green Bay, an area with shallower water and higher nutrient levels. The DNR reported a 2023 sport catch of 122,153 perch in the bay. But it's a ...
30.25 square yards. A square rod is also known as a square pole or a square perch. Sometimes the word 'square' is omitted when the context clearly indicates that the subject is area, notably so in the case of British allotment gardens. Rood: 1,012 m 2: One quarter of an acre; one 'furlong' in length by one 'rod' in width; 40 square 'rods'. The ...