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Legua de por grado (league of the degree): From the 15th century through the early 17th century, the Spanish league of the degree was based on four Arabic miles. Although most contemporary accounts used an Arabic mile of 6 444 feet (1,964 metres), which gave a Spanish league of the degree of 25,776 feet (7,857 metres or 4.242 modern nautical ...
League: Length: Nautical mile: Length: Rhumb: Angle: The angle between two successive points of the thirty-two point compass (11 degrees 15 minutes) (rare) [1] Shackle: Length: Before 1949, 12.5 fathoms; later 15 fathoms. [2] Toise: Length: Toise was also used for measures of area and volume Twenty-foot equivalent unit or TEU: Volume
A nautical mile is a unit of length used in air, marine, and space navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters. [2] [3] [4] Historically, it was defined as the meridian arc length corresponding to one minute ( 1 / 60 of a degree) of latitude at the equator, so that Earth's polar circumference is very near to 21,600 nautical miles (that is 60 minutes × 360 degrees).
Various historic miles and leagues from an 1848 German textbook, given in feet, metres, and fractions of a "degree of meridian" The German mile (Meile) was 24,000 German feet. The standardised Austrian mile used in southern Germany and the Austrian Empire was 7.586 km; the Prussian mile used in northern Germany
American Yared Nuguse, left, and Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen battle on the final stretch in the Bowerman Mile on day one of the Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Sept. 16, 2023.
The Pre Classic concluded with a race that lived up to the hype as Josh Kerr outraced Jakob Ingebrigtsen to win the Bowerman Mile at Hayward Field.
2.664 miles This league is 2200 toises or 60 arpents. It was created in 1737. lieue de 25 au degré ~13 692 4.448 km 2.764 miles Linked to the circumference of the Earth, with 25 lieues making up one degree of a great circle. (Compare the international nautical mile, of which 60 make one degree; one lieue therefore equaling 2.4 nautical miles.)
Unrivaled — the new 3-on-3 women’s basketball league founded by WNBA stars — begins play Friday with lofty goals. ... instead of them logging major minutes and miles overseas outside of the ...