metric units around 1800), it was known as a vergée, from the French word verge (stick, rod), which was borrowed in English (see virge). Rood is an English...
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The terms pole, perch, rod and rood have been used as units of area, and perch is also used as a unit of volume. As a unit of area, a square perch (the...
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organisation Rood (unit), an English unit of length or area Rood (Scots), a Scottish unit of area "Rood" (song), a 2006 song by Marco Borsato Rood Building...
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system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined...
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behind the other, and the length thus obtained shall be a right and lawful rood to measure and survey the land with, and the 16th part of it shall be the...
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English units were the units of measurement used in England up to 1826 (when they were replaced by Imperial units), which evolved as a combination of...
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Acre (redirect from Acre (unit))
divided in 4 vergées (roods) and 160 square perches, like the English acre. The Normandy acre was equal to 1.6 arpents, the unit of area more commonly...
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adoption. Rood – a unit of area or length Sack – originally a medieval unit of mass, equal to 26 stone (364 pounds, or about 165 kg). Since a unit of dry...
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areas had local variants of the toise. Other units of measure such as the aune (ell), the perche (perch or rood), the arpent and the lieue (league) had a...
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Hectare (redirect from Are (unit))
The hectare (/ˈhɛktɛər, -tɑːr/; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, 10,000 square meters...
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Square mile (category Units of area)
489,600 square inches 27,878,400 square feet 3,097,600 square yards 2,560 roods 640 acres One square mile is also equivalent to: 2,589,988.1103360 square...
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Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital was established in Lexington, Kentucky in 1986 as a partnership between veterinarians William Rood and Thomas Riddle. The...
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Tim Rood is a British classical scholar, specialising in Greek historiography and reception studies. He is Professor of Greek Literature at the University...
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William Rood, a former Chicago Tribune editor, in a 2004 article gave an account that supports Kerry's version of the events of that day. Rood was commander...
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unit of measure. In other references the furlong and the rood appear to be units related to ploughing procedures. Of particular interest was the rood...
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List of conversion factors (redirect from Unit conversion table)
different units (some only of historical interest) are shown and expressed in terms of the corresponding SI unit. Conversions between units in the metric...
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Parasang (category Human-based units of measurement)
parasang, also known as a farsakh (from Arabic), is a historical Iranian unit of walking distance, the length of which varied according to terrain and...
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Zayanderud (redirect from Zayandeh Rood)
2023-07-17. BBC NEWS Archived 2018-07-03 at the Wayback Machine : "The Zayandeh rood river in Isfahan, one of Iran's main tourist attraction, has dried up." ""Zayandeh...
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information on the squared units, please see the appropriate articles in the length section square inch square ell square fall (faw) Scots rood (ruid) Scots acre...
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DC Entertainment (section Units)
Co-Publishers of DC Comics, Geoff Johns as Chief Creative Officer, John Rood as EVP (Executive Vice President) of Sales, Marketing and Business Development...
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Scottish acre (category Obsolete Scottish units of measurement)
acres (English). Acre Obsolete Scottish units of measurement In the East Highlands: Rood Scottish acre = 4 roods Oxgang (Damh-imir) = the area an ox could...
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Length 1 mijl (mile) = 1 kilometre (1 statute mile = 1.609 km) 1 roede (rood) = 10 metres 1 el (ell) = 1 metre (1 English ell of 45 in = 1.143 m) 1 palm...
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Carucate (redirect from Plough (unit))
terrae English units: hide virgate, nook, farundel acre Scottish units in the East Highlands: daugh oxgang Scots acre Scots rood Scottish units in the West...
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bag operation". Intelnews. December 16, 2008. Retrieved December 3, 2012. Rood, Justin (June 15, 2007). "FBI to Boost 'Black Bag' Search Ops". ABC News...
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2019. "Movember Australia". Movember Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2019. Rood, Paul Austin and David (9 September 2009). "Brumby gets his man, with Gillard's...
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Police of The Wire (redirect from Major Case Unit of The Wire)
responsible for the Homicide unit, Narcotics unit, and Major Crimes Unit (MCU) among others. The IID, homicide unit, and narcotics unit are each led by a Major...
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Roodal Moonilal (pronounced [roːɖɑːlə munilɑːlə]; born December 2, 1966) was the Minister of Housing and Urban Development of Trinidad and Tobago and the...
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Anson Rood (September 23, 1827 – January 17, 1898) was an American businessman, farmer, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served three non-consecutive...
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president at the time. In 1843 George H. D. Rood settled here and the creek that runs through the town was called Roods Run. As the area grew and developed it...
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