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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. Vergée - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] In Jersey, a vergée (Jèrriais: vrégie) is 19,360 square feet (1,798.6 m 2). It is 40 (square) Jersey perches. A Jersey perch (also spelt pèrque) is a square 24 pied de perche on each side (i.e. a square 22 imperial feet on each side). [3] An inscribed stone describes this 11 vergée 25 perch clos des pauvres in Jersey

  4. Rood (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of 1 rood (unit) with some Imperial and metric units of area 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 ...

  5. Hectare - Wikipedia

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    Image comparing the hectare (the small blue area at lower left) to other units. The entire yellow square is one square mile.. The hectare (/ ˈ h ɛ k t ɛər,-t ɑːr /; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm 2), that is, 10,000 square metres (10,000 m 2), and is primarily used in the measurement of land.

  6. Perch - Wikipedia

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    Specifically in perch, the gas bladder can vary from 12% to 25% of oxygen and 1.4% to 2.9% of carbon dioxide gas. [11] Perch reproductive organs include either a pair of testes (sperm-producing) or a pair of ovaries (egg-producing). [9] The above picture is a labeled image of the internal anatomy of the species Perch Perca flavescens.

  7. Composition of Yards and Perches - Wikipedia

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    The Composition of Yards and Perches (Latin: Compositio Ulnarum et Perticarum) or the Statute of Ells and Perches was a medieval English statute defining the length of the barleycorn, inch, foot, yard, and perch, as well as the area of the acre. Its date has been estimated at 1266–1303. [1]

  8. Porch Fields - Wikipedia

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    The two towns were connected through the open field via a medieval sunken lane road about 1 km (⅔ mile) in length. The new burgesses were awarded 3 acres (1.2 ha) of land each. They used ridge and furrow agriculture to grow crops, and each narrow strip was one perch (5 m / 16½ feet) wide — this may is how the Porch Fields acquired their ...

  9. Lake Interstate - Wikipedia

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    Lake Interstate is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) ... Fish that are commonly found in the lake are catfish, largemouth bass, bullhead, sunfish, yellow perch, sucker and others.