The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Mile

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A measure of distance; the common mile is called a statute mile--5,280 feet; the nautical, geographical and sea mile is the mean length of a minute of latitude--6,082.66 feet; a nautical mile is termed a knot.

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