Old Measures (Was: Re: movies / books / rods)

[Goddlefrood]

> Geoff:
> Other than furlong, which gets used in horse racing, the 
> other equalities tend to be ignored. A rod is 5.5 yards, 
> hence four to the furlong.

Goddlefrood:

Interesting trivia, number 94:

1 Chain is the length of a cricket pitch, so that's used and 
well known. At least it's well known to cricket buffs.

Number 86:

1 acre = 4 perches = 40 roods. The Rood is the name of the race 
track at Chester, which is 8 furlongs long, iirc.

These measures are still used in land sale transactions, in Fiji 
anyway.