Furlong in most applications. Five furlongs are about 1.0 kilometre ( is the exact value, according to the international conversion). The name "furlong" derives from the Old English words ' (furrow) and ' (long). Dating back at least to early Anglo-Saxon times, it originally referred to the length of the furrow in one acre of a ploughed open field (a medieval communal field which was divided into strips). The furlong (meaning furrow length) was the distance a team of oxen could plough without resting. This was standardised to be exactly 40 rods or 10 chains. The system of long furrows arose
July Furlong de siglo". July Furlong Norma Ojeda Furlong is a writer, journalist and former Mexican actress and singer. Sister of the singer Oscar Athie, she started her career in 1968 in the Mexican T.V show "La hora de Raúl Astor". Her first role in a telenovela was in 1973. In the 1970s and 1980s, starred in many Mexican films and telenovelas as "Mi pequeña Soledad" (1990) with Verónica Castro and "Muchachitas" (1991). Her last t.v role was in "Al norte del corazón" in 1997. July began a writer and journalist career in 1992. In 2000 write her first political book "Testiminios