How to convert barleycorns to rods (US survey)
1 barleycorn is equal to 0.001683498316 rods (US survey), and 1 rod (us survey) is equal to 594.001188 barleycorns. To convert, multiply by the conversion factor:
rods (US survey) = barleycorns × 0.001683498316
rods (US survey) = barleycorns ÷ 594.001188Example: convert 15 barleycorn to rd (US): 15 × 0.001683498316 = 0.02525247475 rd (US).
Barleycorn to Rod (US Survey) conversion table
| Barleycorn (barleycorn) | Rod (US Survey) (rd (US)) |
|---|---|
| 0.01 barleycorn | 0.00001683498316 rd (US) |
| 0.1 barleycorn | 0.0001683498316 rd (US) |
| 1 barleycorn | 0.001683498316 rd (US) |
| 2 barleycorn | 0.003366996633 rd (US) |
| 3 barleycorn | 0.005050494949 rd (US) |
| 5 barleycorn | 0.008417491582 rd (US) |
| 10 barleycorn | 0.01683498316 rd (US) |
| 20 barleycorn | 0.03366996633 rd (US) |
| 50 barleycorn | 0.08417491582 rd (US) |
| 100 barleycorn | 0.1683498316 rd (US) |
| 250 barleycorn | 0.4208745791 rd (US) |
| 500 barleycorn | 0.8417491582 rd (US) |
| 1,000 barleycorn | 1.683498316 rd (US) |
About the barleycorn
The barleycorn is one third of an inch (about 8.47 mm). It's still the basis of UK and US shoe sizes, where one size step is one barleycorn.
Symbol: barleycorn · 1 barleycorn = 0.008466666667 m · Category: Historical & cloth
About the rod (us survey)
The US survey rod is 16.5 US survey feet, about 5.02921 m.
Symbol: rd (US) · 1 rd (US) = 5.029210058 m · Category: US survey units