Itinerary Mea ure

| Places. | Measures. | Length of each measure —— | Equiv. to 1 degree —— | | Feet. | num. 100 | | Arabia | mill a | 6441 | | 56 |,58 | | Brandenburg | meile | 34725 | | 10 |,50 | | Denmark | mil | 24704 | | 14 |,75 | | England | mile by land | 5280 | | 69 |,02 | | mile by sea | 6073 | ²⁄₃ | 60 |, | | league marine | 18221 | | 20 |, | | Flanders | mille | 20587 | | 17 |,70 | | France | lieue terrestre | 14576 | ⁴⁄₅ | 25 |, | | lieue moyenne | 16398 | | 22 |,22 | | lieue de poste | 12784 | | 28 |,50 | | lieue marine | 18221 | | 20 |, | | my ria metre | 32797 | | 11 |,11 | | Germany | meile | 20587 | | 17 |,70 | | meile geographical | 24294 | ²⁄₃ | 15 |, | | Hamburgh | meile | 24704 | | 14 |,75 | | Holland | meile | 19212 | | 18 |,97 | | Hungary | meile | 27378 | | 13 |,31 | | India | parasang | 12147 | ¹⁄₃ | 30 |, | | Ireland | mile | 9110 | ¹⁄₂ | 40 |, | | Italy | mill a | 6073 | ²⁄₃ | 60 |, | | Lithuania | meile | 29336 | | 12 |,42 | | Persia | parasang | 16356 | | 22 |,28 | | Poland | meile | 18221 | | 20 |, | | Portugal | legua | 20245 | ⁵⁄₉ | 18 |, | | Pru ia | meile | 25409 | | 14 |,34 | | Ru ia | werste | 3500 | | 104 |,12 | | Saxony | meile | 29700 | | 12 |,27 | | Scotland | mile | 5952 | | 61 |,23 | | Silesia | meile | 21250 | | 17 |,15 | | Spain | legua of Castille | 21958 | | 16 |,60 | | legua juridic a | 13724 | | 26 |,55 | | legua maritima | 18221 | | 20 |, | | mill a maritima | 6073 | ²⁄₃ | 60 |, | | Sweden | mile | 35050 | | 10 |,40 | | Switzerland | meile | 27450 | | 13 |,28 | | Turkey | berri | 5476 | | 66 |,55 | The following example will shew in what manner the proportion between the itinerary measures of any two given countries may be ascertained. Reduce 1 my ria metre new French measure into miles of England. The length of the my ria metre being 32797 English feet, and that of the mile 5280, I state the following equation: | 1 | my ria metre = x | | 1 | my ria metre | = | 32797 | feet | | 5280 | feet | = | 1 | mile | | Result 6,21 miles. |