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US Customary System of Units (view source)
Revision as of 20:00, September 27, 2011
, 20:00, September 27, 2011→Supplementary Units: Cricket pitch
* The ''rod'' is the length of a queue of sixteen persons. By convention, the rod is defined as five and one-half yards, or sixteen and one-half feet. 320 rods would therefore make a mile.
* The ''rod'' is the length of a queue of sixteen persons. By convention, the rod is defined as five and one-half yards, or sixteen and one-half feet. 320 rods would therefore make a mile.
* The ''furlong'' is one-eighth of a mile, or 40 rods. It is close in length to the Roman stadium, which was one-eighth of a Roman mile.
* The ''furlong'' is one-eighth of a mile, or 40 rods. It is close in length to the Roman stadium, which was one-eighth of a Roman mile.
* The ''chain'', one-eightieth of a mile or 66 feet. It is used in land measure and on the railways.
* The ''chain'', one-eightieth of a mile or 66 feet. It is used in land measure and on the railways. Importantly, the distance between the sets of stumps on a [[cricket]] pitch is 1 chain.
== Area ==
== Area ==