From: "Arnt Karlsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:36:13 -0500, 
> David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 
> > Frederic Bouvier writes:
> > 
> >  > from my understanding :
> >  > 
> >  > 360 degres = 44000km
> >  > 1 degre = 122.22km
> >  > 1 minute = 2.037km
> >  > 1 second = 0.033km
> > 
> > Let's keep it simple.  1 minute of latitude is one nautical mile --
> > that's its definition.
> 
> ..another simple old revolutionary definition of the length unit 
> meter, is it _used_ to be 40 000 000 of them around this planet, 
> now SI count light waves.  ;-)

You are right. I was just using the premises of the original poster
(that is not quoted here)

-Fred



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