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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. Rood (unit) - Wikipedia

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   Comparison of 1 rood (unit) with some Imperial and metric units of area 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 ...

4. Talk:Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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   Seems the value of a perch varied from 18-24' in the 1300's, and even in 1820, was between 16.5 and 25'. See the talk page at perch (area).I feel it would serve better to move the perch length info to a unified perch page that encompasses both length and area definitions, reflecting at least 600 years of use, and perhaps even explaining how one got to include the other, with a link here to ...

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   The iTunes description for Crickler 2 states that this take on the crossword puzzle genre is an "adaptive" experience, that automatically adjusts itself to your own skill level and knowledge. That ...

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   For more on USA TODAY’s Crossword Puzzles. USA TODAY’s Daily Crossword Puzzles. Sudoku & Crossword Puzzle Answers. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Crossword Blog & Answers for ...

8. Traditional French units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   Related to, but not directly corresponding with, the English perch or rod (which is 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, approximately three-quarters of the French perche). arpent: 220 71.46 m 78.15 yd Ten perches. lieue ancienne: 10 000 3.248 km 2.018 miles This is an old French league, defined as 10 000 (a myriad) pieds. It was the official league in parts of ...

9. Imperial and US customary measurement systems - Wikipedia

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   The US Customary system of units makes use of set of dry units of capacity that have a similar set of names [Note 7] to those of liquid capacity, though different volumes: the dry pint having a volume of 33.6 cubic inches (550 ml) against the US fluid pint's volume of 28.875 cubic inches (473 ml) and the imperial pint of 34.68 cubic inches (568 ...