Mile

The mile (of Latin leuca , borrowed from the Gallic) is a unit of Length in the past used in Europe and Latin America.

The mile has as origin the distance which a man or a horse can walk during one hour.

There are several definitions of the mile like measuring unit under the Old Mode:

    * the “new mile of Paris” - with its definition of 1674 - was also called “Bridges and Roadways” after 1737.
      The “mile of the Stations” was created in 1737, just like the “tariff mile (of the transport of grains)”.

Of other miles having had course in France:

  • the metric mile wants to be 4 km exactly;
  • the terrestrial mile or " common mile of France" 1/25 of the degree of a large terrestrial circle are worth, that is to say exactly 4,4448 Kilomètre S;
  • the mile marinades is worth 1/20 of the degree of a large terrestrial circle, that is to say 3 marine miles or exactly 5,556 km.

Among Anglo-Saxons, the mile ( English Land ) is defined as being worth 3 mile S is exactly 4,828 032 km.

There exists also a square mile , measuring unit of Superficie. It is in particular present in the writings of Voltaire.

See too

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