Furlong

The Furlong (Eng. " furrow length" ) is an old Anglo-American measure of length coming from agriculture. It is not metric, therefore, not SI -compliant.

Definition

1 furlong = 10 chain = 220 yards = 660 feet = 7920 inches = 201.168 meters

1 English mile = 8 = 80 Furlong Chain Rod = 320 = 8000 Link

The old unit area acre ( 4046.86 m ) corresponds to a strip-shaped box of 1 x 0.1 Furlong Furlong that could plow a team of oxen in about a day. Similar dimensions have units morning and yoke, in the peasant population are alive in Europe today.

Use

The Furlong is used especially in the UK for the routes of horse racing. So the horse racing at Ascot goes over 20 furlongs.

Scottish Furlong

The old Scottish Furlong departure from the Anglo-American degree and was about 25 feet taller. The length of this furlongs was 226.7671 meters. The conversion factor can be set at 1.127.