- while, but is long discontinued. A
metric lieue was used in
France from 1812 to 1840, with 1
metric lieue being exactly 4,000 m, or 4 km (about 2.5 mi)...
- Saint-Martin-de-la-
Lieue (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də la ljø] ) is a
commune in the
Calvados department in the
Normandy region in northwestern...
- 180 pieds, 58.471 m
lieue de
poste –
Legal league, 2000 toises, 3.898 km
lieue metrique –
Metric system adaptation, 4.000 km
lieue commune –
French land...
-
domestic activities (ex. berceau),
farming and
rural units of
measure (arpent,
lieue, borne, boisseau), weapons, and
products traded regionally rather than further...
- from
trade to trade. Some of the
differences were large: for
example the
lieue (league)
could vary from 3.268 km in
Beauce to 5.849 km in Provence. It...
-
vapeur was built,
specified to be able to
carry four tons and
cover two
lieue (7.8 km, or 4.8 miles) in one hour, a
performance it
never achieved in practice...
- Sardinia,
Piemont 02,622
Scotland 02,880
Ireland 03,780
Flanders 03,898
French lieue (post league)
France 2,000 "body lengths" 03,927 Ri ****an 12,960
shaku 04...
- l'emboucheure du Bog où se
trouve vne isle en
forme de triangle,
viron de demi
lieue de long le
trauers de ****wiruk. [...] Au
dessus de ****wirut, il y a...
-
Montagne haute, dont le pic
ressemble à une Tuque. Ce
portage est d'une
lieue, avec des
fortes côtes à monter ». ("a
portage named Ushabatshuan ('the...
- may be a
misspelling in an
early report which has been perpetuated. The
lieue, or
French league,
varied in
meaning around the country. The
commonest usages...
