What is 27mil in Rods?

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What is 27 Mils (27mil) in Rods (rod)?

What is 27mil in rod? Convert 27 Mils (27mil) to Rods (rod) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Mils to Rods

Formula
rod = mil / 198000
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Rods, divide the number of Mils by 198 thousand
Mils (mil) in 1 Rod
There are 198000 Mils in 1 Rod
Rods (rod) in 1 Mil
There are 0 Rods in 1 Mil

Unit Information

Mil
/mɪl/
Symbol: mil
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Mil?

The mil is a unit of length in the imperial unit system and uses the symbol mil (or sometimes thou).

A mil in one one-thousandth of an inch (0.001 inches) or 25.4 μm.

The mil is still used in the US to measure thickness of various materials.

Rod
/rɒd/
Symbol: rod
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Rod?

The rod is a unit of length in the imperial and US sytem and uses the symbol rod.

A rod (or perch, pole, lug) is equal to 16.5 feet or 5.5 yards.

It is a building surveyor's tool for measuring distance and is particularly useful as multiples of this unit can make up an exact acre. A perfect acre is a rectangle with edges 660 feet and 66 feet - which is 40 rods by 4 rods; i.e. 1 acre = 160 square rods.


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