MILE
, a long measure, by which the English, Italians, and some other nations, use to express the distance between places: the same as the French use the word League.
The Mile is of different lengths in different countries, The geographical, or Italian Mile, contains 1000 geometrical paces, mille passus, whence the term Mile is derived. The English Mile consists of 8 furlongs, each furlong of 40 poles, and each pole of 16 1/2 feet: so that the Mile is = 8 furlongs = 320 poles = 1760 yards = 5280 feet.
The following table shews the length of the Mile, or league, in the principal nations of Europe, expressed in geometrical paces;
| Geomet. Paces. | |
| Mile of Russa | 750 |
| of Italy | 1000 |
| of England, | 1200 |
| of Scotland and Ireland | 1500 |
| Old League of France | 1500 |
| Small League, ibid. | 2000 |
| Geomet. Paces. | |
| Mean League of France | 2500 |
| Great League, ibid. | 3000 |
| Mile of Poland | 3000 |
| of Spain | 3428 |
| of Germany | 4000 |
| of Sweden | 5000 |
| of Denmark | 5000 |
| of Hungary | 6000 |
MILITARY Architecture. The same with Fortification.
