Mile

The mile is a unit of length outside the International System of Units.

History

Five foot lengths (Latin pes, pedes ) correspond to the length of a full step cycle consists of two consecutive steps, a double step (Latin passus ). Double thousand steps were called mille passus (thousand steps) or milia passuum ( thousands of steps ). About What remains is in the German language, the mile, in other countries mil, miil, Mijl, mila, milja, mile. The milestone (Latin lapis milliarium or Miliarium ) were henceforth to distances.

The most common old English mile was mile London, the new British mile or statute mile. She was the basis of race horses sport ( Turf ), and at this distance the Derby in 1780, held in Epsom. To 1784, the distance was extended to a half times and this will run until today.

The formerly used in Europe and Latin America unit length Leuge is sometimes translated as " mile".

Many miles and related units ( Leuge, League, league ) were defined as simple multiples of one minute of arc of the equator, or a meridian. Thus, the historically diverse nautical miles are all about one minute of arc.

In German-speaking country mile was the geographical spread.

1929, agreement was reached on the international today in the waterways and aviation common for distances nautical mile, English nautical mile, abbreviated NM.

1959, the existing in English speaking countries Längenmaßunterschiede were abolished by international agreement, since the English mile, land mile or statute mile is in Anglo-American countries used, for example, in the unit of miles per hour.

Comparison

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