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-|valign="top"|1 foot+|valign="top"|1 Foot
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|valign="top"|29.47 cm |valign="top"|29.47 cm
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 +|valign="top"|1 Mile
 +|valign="top"|=
 +|valign="top"|1,000 Paces = 5000 Feet = 1.47325 km
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*Harris, John, ''Lexicon Technicum: or, An Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences'' Third Edition (London, 1716), article "Measures". *Harris, John, ''Lexicon Technicum: or, An Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences'' Third Edition (London, 1716), article "Measures".
 +*Justice, Alexander. "A General Discourse of the Weights and Measures" from: ''A general treatise of monies and exchanges'' (London, 1707).
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1 Foot = 29.47 cm
1 Mile = 1,000 Paces = 5000 Feet = 1.47325 km


Sources

  • Harris, John, Lexicon Technicum: or, An Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences Third Edition (London, 1716), article "Measures".
  • Justice, Alexander. "A General Discourse of the Weights and Measures" from: A general treatise of monies and exchanges (London, 1707).




Weights and Measures, 1650-1750