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  2. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, equal to exactly 1 ⁄ 320 of a mile, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.

  3. Gunter's chain - Wikipedia

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    Gunter's chain (also known as Gunter's measurement) is a distance-measuring device used for surveying. It was designed and introduced in 1620 by English clergyman and mathematician Edmund Gunter (1581–1626). It enabled plots of land to be accurately surveyed and plotted, for legal and commercial purposes. Gunter developed an actual measuring ...

  4. Rood (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Rood is an English unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre [2] or 10,890 square feet, exactly 1,011.7141056 m 2. A rectangle that is one furlong (i.e., 10 chains, or 40 rods) in length and one rod in width is one rood in area, as is any space comprising 40 perches (a perch being one square rod). The vergée was also a quarter of a Normandy ...

  5. Fishing rod - Wikipedia

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    A fly fishing rod. Line guides on modern fishing rods. Fishing with a fishing rod. A fishing rod is a long, thin rod used by anglers to catch fish by manipulating a line ending in a hook (formerly known as an angle, hence the term "angling"). At its most basic form, a fishing rod is a straight rigid stick/pole with a line attached to one end ...

  6. Fenwick (fishing) - Wikipedia

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    Fenwick is a brand name of Pure Fishing.. Fenwick is named after Lake Fenwick in Kent, Washington where 5 Seattle businessmen founded the company in 1952. Fenwick was an early pioneer in the use of fiberglass blanks [1] to create fishing rods that were corrosive resistant to salt water and that quickly replaced metal and traditional wood [2] and bamboo fishing rods for their durability and ...

  7. Gunter rig - Wikipedia

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    Gunter rig. Gunter rigged Lobster 12.5. Gunter rig is a configuration of sail and spars used in sailing. It is a fore and aft sail set abaft (behind) the mast. The lower half of the luff (front) of the sail is attached to the mast, and the upper half is fastened to a spar which is approximately vertical and reaches above the top of the mast.