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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Jul 27, 2010
I'll have some if you're cooking... 
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jul 28, 2010
Cookery does not come into it!!!!!
Measurements do!!!!
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Jul 29, 2010
Was it payment that Lawyers took?
I.e. you get represented by a Lawyer you pay them the produce from one furlong for one year?
No, don't think it is...
Hmmm...
How far away a Lawyer needs to be before you can comfortably turn your back on them?
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jul 29, 2010
No Argon!!
You are drifting WAY off the solution!!
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Rod Posted Jul 29, 2010
>>There is something of a legal bent to the furlong!<< - gt @15.
OK.
Legal: It was standardised (in the manner of British Standards) at some point.
Bent: into a new \shape/* from the older accepted usage.
By whom? oh, let's say 'enery VIII (capital apostrophe there)
* Will someone please tell me what the h2g2 Standard is, instead of ' ' or " " ?
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Jul 30, 2010
furlong comes from furrow length
furlong is 1/8th of a mile
was this the legal length of an individuals strip in the strip farming method
and as before an acre is a furlong X a chain was each strip a chain wide and could you get 8 furrows on a chain wide strip field
and was a furlong how far a horse/ox could pull a plow in a set time
singing a chorus of a song maybe???
tying together furlong, chain, acre and mile
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bobstafford Posted Jul 30, 2010
furlong is 40 rods long A rod is supposed to be the length of an ox whip or goad. and a 17c pike (the spear like weapon) was on average 16.5 long
furlong is 1/8th of a mile which is also Roman based measurement called a Stade which seems to have been passed on to Anglo Saxon England. A stadium (ROMAN) was a stade long hence the name probably???
(was this the legal length of an individuals strip in the strip farming method) sort of it is the maximim length a healthy Ox can pull a plough before he needs a breather. This was provided by turning the plough takes about 5 to 10 mins to line it up that's why old fields are strips as it is hard work turning a plough.
An acer is an area that the above man and Ox can plough in a day.
tying together furlong, chain, acre and mile
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bobstafford Posted Jul 30, 2010
PPS a Persc Viking Your is laid out in plots a perch wide, this is still the average width of property in that area and con be measured today. My thanks to Time Team repeats for that.
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jul 30, 2010
Taff Post 26
Bit of a repeat, but still Some points!
Furlong 1/8 mile. Already known.
Acre = furlong x chain. Known as above.
Furlong was how far a horse/ox could pull plough in set time. Close, +1
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jul 30, 2010
Bob post 27
A rod is the length of the ox goad. Correct! +3
Interesting fact about the measurement of the Stadia. +3DGI
The furlong is the maximum length an ox could plough without rest. Correct! +3
An acre a day is what man and ox can plough. Yes! +3
So.......
What is the length??
Who standardised them?
When?
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jul 30, 2010
Sorry!
Length of Rod, Pole or Perch.
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jul 30, 2010
Sorry bob. Missed your 16.5(Ft) there. I owe you another +3 for that!!
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bobstafford Posted Jul 30, 2010
The Tudors set down the mile at 5200 feet that might have standaredised the rest 
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jul 30, 2010
V. poor at history Bob!!
Give me a date!
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Jul 30, 2010
the romans standardised the mile
they even had mile measuring machines
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jul 30, 2010
The mile..
The Mille paces!
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- 21: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Jul 27, 2010)
- 22: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Jul 28, 2010)
- 23: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Jul 29, 2010)
- 24: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Jul 29, 2010)
- 25: Rod (Jul 29, 2010)
- 26: Taff Agent of kaos (Jul 30, 2010)
- 27: bobstafford (Jul 30, 2010)
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- 29: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Jul 30, 2010)
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