Mila (unit)

Mila was a Polish measure of length and the name for the Polish mile .

One degree at the equator was equivalent to 20 mila for the so-called small and 15 for the large mile. The law was established on June 13, 1818, and came into force on February 1, 1819. The latter was the Polish post mile , also known as the geographical mile. This was 7507,4074 meters long.

In practice, the measure was divided into half (Pol mili), quarters (Cwierc mili) and half quarters (Pol cwerci mili) or eighths of a mile (Stale milowe).

1 Mila = 8534.3114852 meters (also 8534.246 meters)
1 mila (old mile) = 7146.466 meters

literature

Joseph Meyer : The great conversation lexicon for the educated classes. Volume 14, Bibliographical Institute, Hildburghausen / Amsterdam / Paris / Philadelphia 1852, p. 900.

Individual evidence

↑ Jacob Heuss: Textbook of arithmetic for schools, high schools and self-teaching. Volume 1, Verlag Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 1832, p. 32.
^ Friedrich Wilhelm Schneider: Pocket book of measure and weight. Verlag Friedrich August Herbig, Berlin 1839, p. 402.
^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking system and the customs of all countries and trading places. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 1365.

[1] Jacob Heuss: Textbook of arithmetic for schools, high schools and self-teaching. Volume 1, Verlag Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 1832, p. 32.

[2] Friedrich Wilhelm Schneider: Pocket book of measure and weight. Verlag Friedrich August Herbig, Berlin 1839, p. 402.

[3] Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking system and the customs of all countries and trading places. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 1365.