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2. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The rod is useful as a unit of length because integer multiples of it can form one acre of square measure (area). The 'perfect acre' [2] is a rectangular area of 43,560 square feet, bounded by sides 660 feet (a furlong) long and 66 feet (a chain) wide (220 yards by 22 yards) or, equivalently, 40 rods by 4 rods. An acre is therefore 160 square ...

3. Rood (unit) - Wikipedia

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   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).

4. Template:Convert/list of units/area - Wikipedia

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   default conversion combinations SI: square kilometre: km2 Q712226: km 2: US spelling: square kilometer: 1.0 km 2 (0.39 sq mi) km2 sqmi; square hectometre: hm2 Q35852: hm 2: US spelling: square hectometer: 1.0 hm 2 (2.5 acres) square decametre: dam2 Q23931040: dam 2: US spelling: square dekameter: 1.0 dam 2 (1,100 sq ft) square metre: m2 Q25343 ...

5. Help:Convert units - Wikipedia

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   {{convert|1.2|km2|acre sqyd ha}} → 1.2 square kilometres (300 acres; 1,400,000 sq yd; 120 ha) {{convert|1.2|km2|acre+sqyd+ha}} → 1.2 square kilometres (300 acres; 1,400,000 sq yd; 120 ha) In the following, because "board feet" contains a space, using a space to make a combination fails. {{convert|123|cuyd|m3 board feet}} → 123 cubic yards ...

6. Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and ...

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   On May 18, 1796, Congress passed "an Act for the sale of land of the United States in the territory northwest of the River Ohio, and above the mouth of the Kentucky River". This law defined a survey grid system of 6–mile–square townships divided into 1–mile–square sections, with the defining unit being the chain, specifically Gunter's ...

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8. English units - Wikipedia

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   Acre: 4,047 m 2: An area of land one chain (four rods) wide by one furlong in length. As the traditional furlong could vary in length from country to country, so did the acre. In England an acre was 4,840 square yards (4,050 m 2), in Scotland 6,150 square yards (5,140 m 2) and in Ireland 7,840 square yards (6,560 m 2). It is a Saxon unit ...

9. Boomers are sad they may never be grandparents as fewer ... - AOL

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   The birth rate in America has long been on a decline, with the fertility rate reaching historic lows in 2023. More women between ages 25 to 44 aren’t having children, for a number of reasons.