Mile
The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards. The statute mile was standardised between the Commonwealth of Nations and the United States by an international agreement in 1959, when it was formally redefined with respect to SI units as exactly .With qualifiers, ''mile'' is also used to describe or translate a wide range of units derived from or roughly equivalent to the Roman mile (roughly ), such as the nautical mile (now exactly), the Italian mile (roughly ), and the Chinese mile (now exactly). The Romans divided their mile into 5,000 pedēs ("feet"), but the greater importance of furlongs in the Elizabethan-era England meant that the statute mile was made equivalent to or in 1593. This form of the mile then spread across the British Empire, some successor states of which continue to employ the mile. The US Geological Survey now employs the metre for official purposes, but legacy data from its 1927 geodetic datum has meant that a separate US survey mile km)}} continues to see some use, although it was officially phased out in 2022. While most countries replaced the mile with the kilometre when switching to the International System of Units (SI), the international mile continues to be used in some countries, such as Liberia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and a number of countries with fewer than one million inhabitants, most of which are UK or US territories or have close historical ties with the UK or US. Provided by Wikipedia
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6by Miles, Margaret RuthLocation: University Libraries of CUA, Catholic University of America
Created 1990
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7by Hanley, Miles LawrenceLocation: Raynor Memorial Libraries, Marquette University
Created 1951
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8by Miles, Margaret RuthLocation: University Libraries of CUA, Catholic University of America
Created 1989
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9by Miles, Rebekah, 1960-Location: University Libraries of CUA, Catholic University of America
Created 1999
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10by Miles, George H.Location: Phillips Library, Mount Saint Mary's University
Created 1843
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11by Miles, Michael J.Location: PAHRC Library, Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center (PAHRC)
Created 2002
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13by Connor, Miles Washington, 1888-Location: University Libraries of CUA, Catholic University of America
Created 1947
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14by Miles, George Henry, 1824-1871Location: PAHRC Library, Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center (PAHRC)
Created 1847
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15by Miles, George Henry, 1824-1871Location: PAHRC Library, Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center (PAHRC)
Created 1850
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16by Miles, George H. (George Henry), 1824-1871Location: Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
Created 1883
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17by Sabatier, Paul, 1858-1928Other Authors: “...Miles, C. A....”
Created 1908
Location: Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
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18by Potter, Christopher, 1591-1646Other Authors: “...Flesher, Miles, d. 1664...”
Created 1634
Location: Gleeson Library, University of San Francisco
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19Created 1935Other Authors: “...Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568...”
Location: Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
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20Created 1974Other Authors: “...Miles, Cassian...”
Location: Paul Bechtold Library, Catholic Theological Union
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