Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1878 — Miles of Different Countries. [ARTICLE]

Miles of Different Countries.

Mile in England or America, 1,760 yards. Mile in Russia, 1,100 yards. Mile in Italy, 2,497 yards. Mile in Scotland and Ireland, 2,200 yards. Mile in Poland, 4,100 yards. Mile in Spain, 5,028 yards. Mile in Germany, 5,866 yards. Mile in Sweden and Denmark, 7,233 yards. Mile in Hungary, 8,800 yards. A league in England and America, 5,289 yards,