Convert barleycorn to rod (survey or coast)
Selected category: length.
Definition and details for barleycorn:
Barleycorn is an old English unit of distance equal to 1/3 inch or about 8.47 millimeters. In farming societies was very common to use seeds as units of length. Barley was a basic crop in England. So barleycorn was a useful unit.
Definition and details for rod (survey or coast):
Rod (survey or coast) is a unit of length used by surveyors equal to about 502.921 cm.