Do we Go Imperial Part 2 ..
Area
1 square foot = 144 inches = 0.09 sq metres
1 square yard = 9 sq feet = 0.836 sq metre
1 Rood = ¼ of an acre = 1,210 sq yards = 40 sq poles. It is a rectangle that is one furlong in length and one Rod in width. A rod is 5.5 yards long and the area enclosed covers 40 perches. A perch is therefore a square rod.
1 Acre = 4 roods = 10 sq chains = 4,840 sq yards ( about the size of a football pitch). Estimated to be the amount of land that could be tilled by one man and one ox in a day. Traditionally an acre was long and narrow ( ie not square) as it was difficult to turn a plough.
The previous blog mentioned furlongs and chains. I have found that a furlong (which also means the length of a furrow) is the distance a team of oxen could plough without resting.
1 Hectare = approx. 2.5 acres
Virgate = 30 acres. The virgate was estimated to be the amount of land a team of oxen could plough in a single ploughing season
Hide = 4 virgates ( Its origins lie in the amount of land sufficient to support a family)
A square mile = 640 acres
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Richard Nolan
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Upbeat AFS Texas Meeting
Howdy from Texas,
I’m just back from the January 2017 AFS, American Foundry Society, meeting at the Sam Houston Horse Race Track; in Houston, none the less!
It is always so good to catch up with fellow metalcasters that embody the spirit of the AFS and continue the long historical legacy of turning liquid metal into castings! The turnout for the board and general meeting was better than expected and in the end, it turned out to be a large crowd of approximately seventy members.
