Steve Spence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Irish Mile = 2048 meters.
mile (mi)
a traditional unit of distance. The word comes from the Latin word for
1000, mille, because originally a mile was the distance a Roman legion
could march in 1000 paces (or 2000 steps, a pace being the distance
between successive falls of the same foot). There is some uncertainty
about the length of the Roman mile. Based on the Roman foot of 29.6
centimeters and assuming a standard pace of 5 Roman feet, the Roman
mile would have been 1480 meters (4856 feet); however, the measured
distance between surviving milestones of Roman roads is often closer
to 1520 meters or 5000 feet. In any case, miles of similar lengths
were used throughout Western Europe. In medieval Britain, several mile
units were used, including a mile of 5000 feet (1524 meters), the
modern mile defined as 8 furlongs (1609 meters), and a longer mile
similar to the French mille (1949 meters), plus the Scottish mile
(1814 meters) and the Irish mile (2048 meters). In 1592 the British
Parliament settled the question by defining the statute mile to be 8
furlongs, 80 chains, 320 rods, 1760 yards or 5280 feet. The statute
mile is exactly 1609.344 meters. In athletics, races of 1500 or 1600
meters are often called metric miles.
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/61126.html
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