geographical mile
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geographical miles
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To give an idea of the distances, I may mention that the post-stages were twelve Arabic miles asunder, which on this road are rather larger than an English geographical mile.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
This at first does not appear much; but is, nevertheless, a considerable tax, when it is remembered that seven wersts are only equal to a geographical mile, and that three horses are always used.
From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Ida Pfeiffer
On the surface of the earth, at the equator, each side of this polygon would be one-sixtieth of a geographical mile, or 101.46 feet.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
Mr. Kendall and I were employed in measuring a geographical mile on the small lake, preparatory to a series of observations on the velocity of sound.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by John Franklin
Assuming every thousand fathoms roughly to represent a geographical mile, the area would be of nine square miles.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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