To: enumerated
How much is that in leagues?Leagues are a measure of length, not depth.
The distance varies from 1.4 to 4.9 miles.
So, 20,000 leagues under the sea could be between 28.,000 and 98,000 miles.
30 posted on
02/04/2025 9:48:11 AM PST by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
31 posted on
02/04/2025 9:49:54 AM PST by
enumerated
(81 million votes my ass)
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
“a measure of length, not depth.”
Hmmm, if we can’t measure depth as length, do we measure is as width?
36 posted on
02/04/2025 10:23:10 AM PST by
ProtectOurFreedom
(They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
So, 20,000 leagues under the sea could be between 28.,000 and 98,000 miles. Surprisingly versatile for a unit of measure.
40 posted on
02/04/2025 11:25:09 AM PST by
GingisK
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