10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROMAN MILE»
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An essay on the Ancient Weights and Money, and the
Roman and ...
The stade of 7% to the Roman mile was equal to 647 feet 2.4 inches, or 215
yards, 2 feet, 2.4 inches ; that of 7 to the Roman mile, was equal to 693 feet 5.124
inches, or 231 yards, 5.124 inches in English measure. a Suidas o'1650011 and
...
2
Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ...
STA'DIUM (6 crralwi and t& otASiov), the principal Greek measure of length, was
equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, that is, to 606 feet 9 inches English. The
Roman mile contained 8 stadia. The Roman writers often measure by stadia, ...
3
The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster
1.144 H. Hebrew foot . 1.212 H. Roman foot . .965; .966; .967; .9672; 1.135 H.
Hebrew sacred cubit 2.002 II. .9681 ; .9096; .970. Drusian foot . 1.090 H. Hebrew
great cubit = ? . . 6 common cubits $ ' Roman mile of I'liny 4810.5 English feet.
Edinburgh encyclopaedia, sir David Brewster,
1830
4
The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
Taking the Roman foot at 11-62 English inches, the original Roman mile was
therefore 1614 yards, or nine-tenths and one-sixtieth of an English statute mile,
very nearly; while the English mile is a Roman mile and nine hundredths of a
Roman ...
5
The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long].
Taking the Roman foot at 11-62 English inches, the original Roman mile was
therefore 1614 yards, or nine-tenths and one-sixtieth of an English statute mile,
very nearly; while the English mile is a Roman mile and nine hundredths of a
Roman ...
Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge, George Long,
1839
6
An Essay on the Ancient Weights and Money and the
Roman and ...
647 feet 2.4 inches, or 215 yards, 2 feet, 2.4 inches ; that of 7 to the Roman mile,
was equal to 693 feet 5.124 inches, or 231 yards, 5.124 inches in English
measure. ' ' 1.Table of common Roman Measures quengtlz. Digitus ' 1:I Uncia,.
Table of ...
7
History of Ancient Geography
The stade was regularly translated into Roman figures as 12 5 paces or 625 ft. or
8 to the Roman mile: this answers to an ordinary stade of 1 85 metres or about
607 English feet. There was, however, another reckoning as 8%; to the Roman ...
8
Modern Geography: A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, ...
Ancient and Modern, in English Yards, Ancient Roman mile ------ Olympic
stadiums J of ancient Roman mile - r Stadiums rl3 of ancient Roman mile
Stadium~to the nooth part of a degree - Jewish rifin, of which 7$rz:nncicnt Roman
mile Gallic ...
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The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
Taking the Roman foot at 11-62 English inches, the original Roman mile was
therefore 1614 yards, or nine-tenths and one-sixtieth of an English statute mile,
very nearly; while the English mile is a Roman mile and nine hundredths of a
Roman ...
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge,
1839
10
The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Difussion of ...
[Standards of Length.] Taking the Roman foot at 1 1*62 English inches, the
original Roman mile was therefore 1614 yards, or nine-tenths and one-sixtieth of
an English statute mile, very nearly; while the English mile is a Roman mile and
nine ...
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Columbus's Geographical Miscalculations
That was Columbus's first error, which he compounded with a second: he assumed that the Persian was using the 4 856-foot Roman mile; in fact, Alfraganus ... «IEEE Spectrum, Oct 12»