Furlong Furlong A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one eighth of a mile, equivalent to 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, or 10 chains. Using the international definition of the inch as exactly 25.4 millimetres, one furlong is 201.168 metres. However, the United States does not uniformly use this conversion ratio. Older ratios are in use for surveying purposes in some states, leading to variations in the length of the furlong of two parts per million, or about 0.4 millimetres ( inch). This variation is too small to have practical consequences
July Furlong 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 de fin