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The rod is a unit of length equal to 5.5 yards, 5.0292 meters, 16.5 feet, or <SUP>1</SUP><BIG>⁄</BIG><SUB>320</SUB> of a statute mile. A rod is the same length as a perch and a pole. The lengths of the perch (one rod) and chain (four rods) were standardized in 1607 by Edmund Gunter.
ALSO...
A hogshead is a large cask of liquid (or, less often, of a food commodity). More specifically, it refers to a specified volume, measured in either Imperial units or U.S. customary units, primarily applied to alcoholic beverages such as wine, ale, or cider.
ERGO...
When Abe Simpson says...
“My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!”
This cannot be translated precisely into standard units due to variations in the definition of hogshead, but is roughly 500 U.S. gallons per mile, or about 1.2 liters per meter. In units more normal for this purpose, it is 0.002 miles per gallon (or about 10.5 feet per gallon) or 120,000 L/100 km.
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The rod is a unit of length equal to 5.5 yards, 5.0292 meters, 16.5 feet, or <SUP>1</SUP><BIG>⁄</BIG><SUB>320</SUB> of a statute mile. A rod is the same length as a perch and a pole. The lengths of the perch (one rod) and chain (four rods) were standardized in 1607 by Edmund Gunter.
ALSO...
A hogshead is a large cask of liquid (or, less often, of a food commodity). More specifically, it refers to a specified volume, measured in either Imperial units or U.S. customary units, primarily applied to alcoholic beverages such as wine, ale, or cider.
ERGO...
When Abe Simpson says...
“My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!”
This cannot be translated precisely into standard units due to variations in the definition of hogshead, but is roughly 500 U.S. gallons per mile, or about 1.2 liters per meter. In units more normal for this purpose, it is 0.002 miles per gallon (or about 10.5 feet per gallon) or 120,000 L/100 km.
Thank you for your kind attention...
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