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From: "Dr. Kelsey Hudson" <kernel@blackhole.compendium-tech.com>
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On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, J.A. Magallon wrote:
> And different length for sea and land 'miles'. Very natural...

nautical miles are defined as 1852 meters, the exact length of one second 
of longitude at the equator :)

 Kelsey Hudson                                           khudson@ctica.com 
 Software Engineer
 Compendium Technologies, Inc                               (619) 725-0771
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