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Roede (or roe) was both an area measurement as well as a linear measurement. The exact size of a roede depended on the length of the local roede, which varied from place to place. The most common roede used in the Netherlands was the Rijnland rod. one Rijnland rod (Rijnlandse roede) was 14.19 m 2; one Amsterdam rod (Amsterdamse roede) was 13.52 m 2
In the Middle Ages, bars were used as standards of length when surveying land. [22] These bars often used a unit of measure called a rod, of length equal to 5.5 yards, 5.0292 metres, 16.5 feet, or 1 ⁄ 320 of a statute mile. [23] A rod is the same length as a perch or a pole. [24] In Old English, the term lug is also used.
De Arend (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈʔaːrənt]; the eagle) was one of the two first steam locomotives in the Netherlands.It was a 2-2-2 Patentee type built in England by R. B. Longridge and Company of Bedlington, Northumberland to run on the then standard Dutch track gauge of 1,945 mm (6 ft 4 + 9 ⁄ 16 in).
The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, equal to exactly 1 ⁄ 320 of a mile, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.
perch, used variously to measure length or area; acre and acre's breadth; furlong; mile; The best-attested of these is the perch, which varied in length from 10 to 25 feet, with the most common value (16 1 ⁄ 2 feet or 5.03 m) remaining in use until the twentieth century. [1] Later development of the English system continued in 1215 in the ...
A Dutch word meaning "little Fourth"; a measure that was a fourth of a barrel. A small cask similar to the anker. 1 kilderkin = 2 firkins [18 Imp. gal.]: A Dutch word meaning "little quintal"; a measure that was a half of a barrel. 1 barrel = 4 firkins = 2 kilderkins [36 Imp. gal.] 1 hogshead = 6 firkins = 3 kilderkins [54 Imp. gal.]:
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The Snelheid and Hoop served on the entire broad gauge section of the HSM, which was extended to Leiden in 1842 and to The Hague in 1843, to reach Rotterdam in 1847. In 1848, the De Hoop locomotive's condition was found to be so bad that it was suggested to use it as a source of parts for the Snelheid. Due to bad experiences with the locomotive ...