MILE, a measure of length or distance, containing eight furlongs. The English statute mile is 80 chains, or 1760 yards; that is, 5280 feet.

We shall here give a table of the miles in use among the principal nations of Europe, in geometrical paces, 60,000 of which make a degree of the equator.

Geometrical paces.
Mile of Russia 750
of Italy 1000
of England 1200
of Scotland and Ireland 1500
Old league of France 1500
The small league, ibid. 2000
The mean league, ibid. 2500
The great league, ibid. 3000
Mile of Poland 3000
of Spain 3428
of Germany 4000
of Sweden 5000
of Denmark 5000
of Hungary 6000