Wilsons Sandbox

Just to clear everything up: The early Anglo-Saxon rod was based on the North German foot of 335 mm. The rod, used for land measurement, was equal to fifteen of these North German or Anglo-Saxon feet. By about 1300, England had switched over the foot and yard of today, but kept the rod at its original length because much English land had already been surveyed and measured using the older unit. The rod thus became 16 new feet, which equalled 15 old feet.[3] The length of the chain was standardized in 1620 by Edmund Gunter at exactly 4 rods.[4][5] Fields were measured in acres, which were one chain (four rods) by one furlong (in the United Kingdom, ten chains).[6] A sign at the City Hall in M nster,Germany noting that the bar shown is one "Prussian Half Rod" (1.883 m) long Bars of metal one rod long were used as standards of length when surveying land. The rod was still in use as a common unit of measurement in the mid-19th century, when Henry David Thoreau used it frequently when describing distances in his work Walden.[7] ________________________________ From: Mike Huber To: dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, January 20, 2012 12:59:25 PM Subject: FW: [DSN_KLR650] Re: De Tour 2006 ** Day Five** So my CHAIN is 106 links.... so that would make a rod 26.5 links ??? Jus pullin' yer Chain !!!! Mike Huber 80* in Carlsbad, NM today I'm Ridin'...... To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com From: judjonzz@... Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:12:16 +0000 Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: De Tour 2006 ** Day Five**

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Saline wrote: > His grave and those of his two children are a few rods from the marker. > I ask Steve how long is a rod. He doesn't know. Then I ask a guy > walking up to see the marker. He doesn't know either and then neither > does his wife. Come to think of it I still don't know how long a rod is. A rod is 1/40 of a furlong, or 1/4 of a chain. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ List Sponsors - Dual Sport News: http://www.dualsportnews.com Arrowhead Motorsports: http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok: http://www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Member Map: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSN_KLR650/app/peoplemap/view/map Group Apps: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSN_KLR650/grouplets/subscriptionsYahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]