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
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 Pfeiffer, Ida
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.
Between 82� and 81� we came into our old marks of the second depot journey; on that trip we had marked this distance with splinters of packing-case at every geographical mile.
From The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 by Chater, Arthur G.
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