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From: djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Subject: Re: Household Algebra
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In article <robertaw-0B9100.21580604052024@news.individual.net>,
Robert Woodward  <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
>I believe that the Roman pace was defined as the distance between heel 
>strikes of the same foot. BTW, 3 feet from heel strike of 1 foot to the 
>heel strike of the other foot is a bit long - 30 inches is the US Army 
>marching standard.
>‹-----------------------------------------------------
[Hal Heydt]
....and double that would be 5 feet, which is pretty close to the
back formed 5.28 feet.  However, modern estimates are that the
Roman mile was actually 4680 feet, so a slightly shorter stride
than the modern US Army version. Since, so far as I know, mondern
people are, on average, somewhat taller than in the past, this
pretty much works out.