MILK

(Lat millc pa uum, a you sand paces.) The Roman pace being "> feet, and a Roman foot being equal to 11-69 modern English inches, it follows that the ancient Roman mile Was equivalent to 1G14 English yards, or very nearly ll-12fhs of an English statute mile. The English statute mile was defined (incidentally, it would seem) by an act pa ed in the 35th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, by which persons were forbidden to build within three miles of London; and the mile wns declared to be 8 furlongs of 40 perches of 1(U feet each. The statute mile Is, therefore, 17G0 yards, or 5280 feet- See Measures. The mile is used as an itinerary measure in almost all countries of Europe, particularly those which were formerly under the sway of the Romans; but it is very difficult to conjecture the causes which have given rise to the great diversity of its values. It has been supposed thai in soma countries the Roman mile was confounded with the ancient league. The following table, given on the authority of Kelly's Cambist, shows the length of the modem mile, and also the ie, of various countries, and their relation to the English statute mile: Wi. sut. Mii«. Modem Roman mile.. • 1028 — -925 English statute mile.. • 1760 — 1000 m mile 1803 — 1-027 tent Scottish mile. • 1984 — 1-127 b mile.... 2240 — 1273 French posting league... 4203 — 2-422 -li judicial leagi»3.. ■ 4635 — 2634 Portugal league.... 6760 — 3841 in short mile.... 6859 — 3-897 ins league.... 6864 — 3900 i common league... 7416 — 4-214 in mile 8237 — 4680 ■ mile 8244 — 4-684 Danfidc mile.... 8475 — 4-815 [s. 761]