Table 70. 



INTERCONVERSION OF NAUTICAL AND STATUTE MILES. 



I nautical mile* ^= 6080.27 feet. 



* As defined by the United States Coast Survey. 



TABLE 71. 



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The asterisk (*) indicates that the measure is obsolete or seldom used.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* = ]A, 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 sagene . . 



Metric Equivalent. 



I metre. 

 1.7814 " 

 0.3 1 60S " 

 0.32484 " 

 0.30480 ' ' 



0-31385 " 



0.2969 " 

 0.27S6 

 1.89648 " 



0.22558 cm. 



7.58594 km. 

 1.852 " 

 10.69 

 11.2986 " 

 I 

 7.500 



7-5324 " 



0.1 metre. 

 3.7662 " 

 3.7662 

 2.1336 « 

 1 .9490 ' ' 

 0.8359 " 

 0.8380 " 



1.0668 km. 



English Equivalent. 



3.2808 feet. 



5.8445 " 



1.0370 " 



1.0657 " 

 I 



1.0297 " 



0.9741 " 

 0.9140 " 

 6.2221 " 



0.0888 inch. 



4.714 statute miles. 



1. 1508 



6.642 



7.02 



0.6214 



4.660 



4.6804 



0.3281 feet. 

 12.356 

 12.356 



7 



6.3943 



2.7424 



2.7293 



3.500 



Smithsonian Tables. 



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