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Re: This and that -Reply
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Peter Whipple <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:52:12 -0500
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It was the distance travelled by the Nautilus, not the depth.
 
At 03:56 PM 8/12/98 -0400, Paul Monfils wrote:
>Which raises the question - what is a league, as it pertains to depth?
> I believe a league in linear measurement on dry land is equal to 3
>miles.  Surely Jules Verne didn't mean a water depth of 60,000
>miles??  So what did he mean?  Anyone know?
>Paul M.

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