what is a rod or a pole

[campanula]

I am sure this has been up before but can anyone tell me what 10 'poles' actually means?
cheers, suzy

[campanula]

[plot73]

A pole is 5 1\2 yards roughly equivelent  to 5 mtrs (1 Pole= 1 Rod = 1 Perch)

[telboy]

I would love to help but I reckon a score of 'oldpharts' are now getting their reference books out to flood you with their knowledge.
While they're there, how many litres are there in a peck (liquid measure - USA).
:o :o 8) 8) ::) ::)

[plot73]

I would love to help but I reckon a score of 'oldpharts' are now getting their reference books out to flood you with their knowledge.
While they're there, how many litres are there in a peck (liquid measure - USA).
:o :o 8) 8) ::) ::)

Either that or google... ;D
2 gallons or 9.092 lt
http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/N-Units.html

[campanula]

I know that a 'pole' or a 'rod' is a one dimensional measure of length but how does this translate to a square. two dimensional area? Would 10 poles be something like 5m x 55m (1pole x 10 poles)?

[telboy]

Nah,
I said 'Liquid Measure'.
Think again!
I won't spoil it.

[telboy]

Sorry camp.,
Butted in there!

[telboy]

camp., I would think so!

[weedin project]

Try this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_(unit)

I think allotments are actually measured in "square rods", but usually just referred-to as "rods".

[Robert_Brenchley]

A pole of land is a square pole, so ten poles is 5.5x5.5x10 square yards = (after a frantic hunt for a calculator) 302.5 square yards.

[telboy]

R_B,
How does a 'Pole of land' translate into 302.50 cubic yards?
???

[Robert_Brenchley]

I gave you the equation. I rod, pole or perch = 5.5 yards. 1 rod on an allotment is a square rod. 5.5x5.5=30.25. 30.25x10=302.5. QED.

[Amazin]

Telboy, here's one for you:

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, was he American?

;D

[weedin project]

R_B,
How does a 'Pole of land' translate into 302.50 cubic yards?
???

That's what happens when you double-dig it three feet deep. ;)

Cubic = volume
Square = area

[telboy]

Telboy, here's one for you:

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, was he American?

;D

You wind me up.
Sorry R-B.
;D

[philcooper]

R_B,
How does a 'Pole of land' translate into 302.50 cubic yards?
???

That's what happens when you double-dig it three feet deep. ;)

Cubic = volume
Square = area

Just to make life more difficult there is in addition to the linear and square rods (both refered to to as rods with no indication of whiach is being used, there is a cubic rod (also, logiocally refered to as a rod) It's 5.25 x 5.25 x 5.25 cubic yards.

Incidentally did you know that on the continent a half kilo is refered to as a pound in several countries?

(France = livre, Germany Pfund) and that there is also the Metric "hundredweight" (Germany = Zentner) = 100 continental pounds. Given that 1 kilogram = 2.20462262 pounds a continental hundredweight = 110.231131lbs - which is as close to the imperial hundred as makes no difference!!

The metric tonne is similarly very close to the imperial version - so it's only the Americans with their silly little pints and gallons who are out of step!!  ;)

Phil

Phil

[Curryandchips]

Another unit that I stumbled across when working for an engineering company that still used imperial systems a decade after we apparently went metric, was a unit heavily embedded in the US system because of their imperial measures.

The unit - the SLUG (this is not a wind up, but it is topical eh?)

Can anyone explain it WITHOUT using google?

Just for the curious out there ... :D

Derek :)

[redimp]

Another unit that I stumbled across when working for an engineering company that still used imperial systems a decade after we apparently went metric, was a unit heavily embedded in the US system because of their imperial measures.

The unit - the SLUG (this is not a wind up, but it is topical eh?)

Can anyone explain it WITHOUT using google?

Just for the curious out there ... :D

Derek :)

Tis a measure of Whisky when your depressed Derek ;D

[philcooper]

......Can anyone explain it WITHOUT using google?

Derek :)

A slug is a unit of mass (as opposed to weight)

The mass is what gravity works on to produce weight.

Something with a of mass 1 slug weighs around 32lbs on earth but not a lot on the moon

One slug weighing in at 32lbs - worrying or what?  :o

The reason I know? I was trained as an engineer in the non-metric days (and need to get out more!!)  ;)

Phil

[tim]

Try this then?