geographical mile
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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 Franklin, John
As he often zigzagged, the geographical mile represented considerably, more.
From The Personal Life of David Livingstone by Blaikie, William Garden
By geographical mile is here meant, I suppose, the nautical mile of sixty to an equatorial degree, or about 2,025 yards.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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