Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1893 — Miles. [ARTICLE]

Miles.

The measurement, in English yards, of the different lengths of a mile in several countries is as follows: Arabian mile, 2,148; Austrian mile, 8,296; Bohemian mile, 10,137: Brabant mile, 6,082; Burgundian mile, 6,183; Danish mile, 8,244; Dutchmile, ri,395; English mile, 1,760; English mile, geographical, 2,025; English mile, nautical, 6,080; Flemish mile, 6,869; German mile, long, 10,126;' German mile, short, 6,859; German mile, geographical, 8,100; Hamburg, mile, 8,244; Hanoverian mile, 11,559;: Hessian mile, 19,547; Hungarian mile, 9,113; Irish mile, ancient, 2,240; : Italian mile, 2,025; Lithuanian mile, 9,780; Oldenburgh mile. 10,820; Persian mile, 6,086; Polish mile, long, 8,100; Polish mile, short, 6,071; Prusf sian mile, 8,237; Roman mile, i,628j Russian, verst, 1,165; Saxon rnilej 9,904; Scotch mile, ancient, 1,984; Spanish mile, 4,635; Swedish mile t 11,700; Swiss mile, 9,153; Tuscan mile, 1,808; United States mile, 1,760: