Table 1 7. 



INTERCONVERSION OF NAUTICAL AND STATUTE MILES. 



I nautical mile* = 6080.20 feet. 



* As defined by the United States Coast Survey. 



Table 1 8. 



CONTINENTAL MEASURES OF LENGTH WITH THEIR METRIC AND 

 ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS. 



The asterisk (*) indicates that the measure is obsolete or seldom used. 



Measure. 



El (Netherlands) 



Fathom, Swedish = 6 feet 



Foot, Austrian* 



old French* 



Russian 



Rheinlandisch or Rhenish (Prussia^ 

 Denmark, Norway*). 



Swedish* 



Spanish* = ^ vara 



*Klafter, Wiener (Vienna) 



*Line, old French =^ — foot 



144 



Mile, Austrian post* = 24000 feet 



German sea 



Swedish = 36000 feet 



Norwegian = 36000 feet 



Netherlands (mijl) 



Prussian (law of 1868) 



Danish 



Palm, Netherlands 



*Rode, Danish 



*Ruthe, Prussian, Norwegian 



Sagene (Russian) 



*Toise, old French = 6 feet 



*Vara, Spanish • . . 



Mexican 



Werst, or versta (Russian) ^ 500 sashjene 



SmiTffSONiAN Tables. 



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