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  2. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Irish measure - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Facebook 3D Posts - Wikipedia

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    Facebook 3D Posts was a feature on the social networking website Facebook. It was first enabled on October 11, 2017 by introducing a new native 3D media type in Facebook News Feed . Initially the users could only post 3D objects from Oculus Medium and marker drawings from Spaces directly to Facebook as fully interactive 3D objects.

  5. Gunter's chain - Wikipedia

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    The surveyor is assisted by a chainman. A ranging rod (usually a prominently coloured wooden pole) is placed in the ground at the destination point. Starting at the originating point the chain is laid out towards the ranging rod, and the surveyor then directs the chainman to make the chain perfectly straight and pointing directly at the ranging ...

  6. Furlong - Wikipedia

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    The rod is a historical unit of length equal to 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards. It may have originated from the typical length of a mediaeval ox-goad. There are 4 rods in one chain. The furlong (meaning furrow length) was the distance a team of oxen could plough without resting. This was standardised to be exactly 40 rods or 10 chains.

  7. List of Facebook features - Wikipedia

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    A user's wall is visible to anyone with the ability to see their full profile, and friends' wall posts appear in the user's News Feed. In July 2007, Facebook allowed users to post attachments to the wall, whereas previously the wall was limited to text only. [12] In May 2008, the Wall-to-Wall for each profile was limited to only 40 posts.

  8. Ohio Division of Wildlife shares updated fishing rules for ...

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    Ohio's catch limits for yellow perch, which go into effect May 1, have yet to be announced. Not yet declared are the catch limits for yellow perch that go into effect May 1.

  9. Threaded rod - Wikipedia

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    A threaded rod, also known as a stud, is a relatively long rod that is threaded on both ends; the thread may extend along the complete length of the rod. [1] They are designed to be used in tension. [2] Threaded rod in bar stock form is often called all-thread (ATR); other names include fully-threaded rod, redi-rod, continuously-threaded rod ...