Furlong the fundamental unit of land measurement. A furlong was forty rods, an acre four by 40 rods, or four rods by one furlong, and thus 160 square rods. At the time, the Saxons used the North German foot, which was 10 percent longer than the foot of today. When England changed to the shorter foot in the late 13th century, rods and furlongs remained unchanged, since property boundaries were already defined in rods and furlongs. The only thing that changed was the number of feet and yards in a rod or a furlong, and the number of square feet and
Edward Furlong Edward Furlong Edward Walter Furlong (born August 2, 1977) is an American actor and musician. Furlong won Saturn and MTV Movie Awards for his breakthrough performance as John Connor in "" (1991). The following year he gave an Independent Spirit Award-nominated turn opposite Jeff Bridges in "American Heart", and earned a second Saturn Award nomination for his work in "Pet Sematary Two". He won a Young Artist Award for his performance alongside Kathy Bates in "A Home of Our Own" (1993), and shared a further ensemble nomination with the cast of the film. Furlong received acclaim for his starring roles