A rod is a unit of measure used by surveyors. It eguals 5.50 yards, 16.5
feet,5029 meters.
George D. Chapman
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"Whatever happened to the good old days
when grandmas had laps instead of running
them." Ziggy.
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From: <Chapnygen(a)aol.com>
To: <CHAPMAN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAPMAN-L] What is an Ashery?
Thank you George that was very interesting. I couldn't find it
in the
dictionary, so thought I would give this a try. My education for the
day!,,,,,,,,Thanks
PS: here's one more for you....What is a rod? It was on a map of
Conewango.
Scale 40 rods to and inch. I assume a measurement, but a mile, foot
????
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