The Dutch mile mentioned down this message was in fact a metric unit. The Dutch mile had 1000 Dutch ells. These were the legal names for kilometer and meter between 1820 and 1941. The pre-metric miles in The Netherlands were around 5 km, they were also called ' hours'. As the Swedish mile was or is exactly 10 km, there is indeed something wrong with the yards here.
Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2003-02-13 14:27 Subject: [USMA:24833] different miles > Quote from usenet: > > > > >From Webster's 1913: "The distance called a mile varies greatly in > >different countries. Its length in yards is... > > > > * Austria, 8,297 yards > > * Brunswick, 11,816 yards > > * England and the United States, 1,760 yards > > * Hungary, 9,139 yards > > * Italy, 2,025 yards > > * Netherlands, 1,094 yards > > * Norway, 12,182 yards > > * Poland, 8,100 yards > > * Prussia, 8,238 yards > > * Spain, 1,552 yards > > * Sweden, 11,660 yards > > * Switzerland, 8,548 yards > > -- > Terry Simpson > Human Factors Consultant > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.connected-systems.com > Phone: +44 7850 511794
