Nautical mile (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Nautical mile" in English language version.

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Waters, David W. (1958). The Art of Navigation in England in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times. p. 374.
Gunther, Edmund (1673). The Works of Edmund Gunther. London: A. C.[larke]. for Francis Eglesfield, at the Marigold in St. Paul's Church-yard. pp. 280–281. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
Blazebrook, Richard (1922), A Dictionary of Physics, vol. 1, Macmillan and Co, Limited, p. 587
Hallock, William; Wade, Herbert T. (1906), Outlines of the Evolution of Weights and Measures and the Metric System, New York The Macmillan company, p. 54

bipm.org (Global: 1,781^st place; English: 2,481^st place)

Göbel, E.; Mills, I.M.; Wallard, Andrew, eds. (2006). The International System of Units (SI) (PDF) (8th ed.). Paris: Bureau International des Poids et Mesures. p. 127. ISBN 92-822-2213-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2017-06-20.

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Bureau des Longitudes (1933). "Mesures employées sur les cartes marines". Annuaire Pour l'An 1933: 392. Archived from the original on 2019-08-31. Retrieved 2019-08-31. The nautical mile [mille marin] is in principle the length of the sexagesimal minute of a meridian at a latitude of 45°. ... If we assume that the metre is exactly the ten-millionth part of the terrestrial quarter meridian, it would be equal to 1,851.85 m. – Translation by Wikipedia.
Bureau des Longitudes (1848). "Mesures itinéraires". Annuaire Pour l'An 1848: 74. Archived from the original on 2019-08-31. Retrieved 2019-08-31.

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Anghiera, Pietro Martire d' (1555). The Decades of the Newe Worlde Or West India. London: Guilielm. Powell. p. 323. Archived from the original on 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
Oughtred, William (1639). The Circles of Proportion and the Horizontall Instrument. London: The Circles of Proportion and the Horizontall Instrument. p. 27. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
Norwood, Richard (1699). The Sea-man's Practice: Containing a Fundamental Problem in Navigation, Experimentally Verified. London: Richard Mount. p. 43. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

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"mile | unit of measurement". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2022-10-25. Retrieved 2016-06-10.

collinsdictionary.com (Global: 1,831^st place; English: 1,216^th place)

"Nautical mile definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary". Collins Dictionary. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

encyclopedia.com (Global: 457^th place; English: 342^nd place)

"Mile, Nautical and Statute – FREE Mile, Nautical and Statute information | Encyclopedia.com: Find Mile, Nautical and Statute research". www.encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2016-06-10.

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"U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual". U.S. Government Printing Office. Archived from the original on 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2016-06-10.

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"WS SIGMET Quick Reference Guide" (PDF). ICAO. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-11-21. Retrieved 2016-06-09.

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"APPENDIX A: SYMBOLS AND PREFIXES". IEEE. Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2016-06-09.

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Symboles, Abréviations et Termes utilisés sur les cartes marines [Symbols, Abbreviations and Terms used on Charts] (PDF) (in French and English). Vol. 1D (INT1) (6th ed.). Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM). 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2018-01-04. also available as Symbols and Abbreviations used on ADMIRALTY Paper Charts. Vol. NP5011 (6th ed.). United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. 2016. section B, line 45. ISBN 978-0-70-774-1741.

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"The Units of Measurement Regulations 1995". www.legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2016-06-10.

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Astin, A.V.; Karo, H. Arnold (June 25, 1959). "Refinement of values for the yard and the pound" (PDF). NOAA.gov. National Bureau of Standards. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013. Retrieved 2018-07-07.

nypl.org (Global: 2,679^th place; English: 1,654^th place)

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Germanus, Nicolaus (c. 1460). "Eleventh map of Asia," Ptolemy's Geographia. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

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McNish, Larry. "RASC Calgary Centre - Latitude and Longitude". The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

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Bourne, William (1574). A regiment for the sea. London: Thomas Hacket. p. 39. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
Hues, Robert (1659). A learned treatise of globes, both cœlestiall and terrestriall with their several uses. London: J.S. for Andrew Kemb. pp. 157, 163. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

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"UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA". www.un.org. Archived from the original on 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2016-06-10.

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Moody, Alton B. (1950). "The Nautical Mile". International Hydrographic Review. XXVII: 77. ISSN 0020-6946.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Göbel, E.; Mills, I.M.; Wallard, Andrew, eds. (2006). The International System of Units (SI) (PDF) (8th ed.). Paris: Bureau International des Poids et Mesures. p. 127. ISBN 92-822-2213-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
"mile | unit of measurement". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2022-10-25. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
"UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA". www.un.org. Archived from the original on 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
"WS SIGMET Quick Reference Guide" (PDF). ICAO. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-11-21. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
"APPENDIX A: SYMBOLS AND PREFIXES". IEEE. Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
"U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual". U.S. Government Printing Office. Archived from the original on 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
Symboles, Abréviations et Termes utilisés sur les cartes marines [Symbols, Abbreviations and Terms used on Charts] (PDF) (in French and English). Vol. 1D (INT1) (6th ed.). Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM). 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2018-01-04. also available as Symbols and Abbreviations used on ADMIRALTY Paper Charts. Vol. NP5011 (6th ed.). United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. 2016. section B, line 45. ISBN 978-0-70-774-1741.
"Mile, Nautical and Statute – FREE Mile, Nautical and Statute information | Encyclopedia.com: Find Mile, Nautical and Statute research". www.encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
Germanus, Nicolaus (c. 1460). "Eleventh map of Asia," Ptolemy's Geographia. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
Anghiera, Pietro Martire d' (1555). The Decades of the Newe Worlde Or West India. London: Guilielm. Powell. p. 323. Archived from the original on 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
Bourne, William (1574). A regiment for the sea. London: Thomas Hacket. p. 39. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
Hues, Robert (1659). A learned treatise of globes, both cœlestiall and terrestriall with their several uses. London: J.S. for Andrew Kemb. pp. 157, 163. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
Oughtred, William (1639). The Circles of Proportion and the Horizontall Instrument. London: The Circles of Proportion and the Horizontall Instrument. p. 27. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
Norwood, Richard (1699). The Sea-man's Practice: Containing a Fundamental Problem in Navigation, Experimentally Verified. London: Richard Mount. p. 43. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
McNish, Larry. "RASC Calgary Centre - Latitude and Longitude". The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
Bureau des Longitudes (1933). "Mesures employées sur les cartes marines". Annuaire Pour l'An 1933: 392. Archived from the original on 2019-08-31. Retrieved 2019-08-31. The nautical mile [mille marin] is in principle the length of the sexagesimal minute of a meridian at a latitude of 45°. ... If we assume that the metre is exactly the ten-millionth part of the terrestrial quarter meridian, it would be equal to 1,851.85 m. – Translation by Wikipedia.
Bureau des Longitudes (1848). "Mesures itinéraires". Annuaire Pour l'An 1848: 74. Archived from the original on 2019-08-31. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
Astin, A.V.; Karo, H. Arnold (June 25, 1959). "Refinement of values for the yard and the pound" (PDF). NOAA.gov. National Bureau of Standards. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
"Nautical mile definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary". Collins Dictionary. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
"The Units of Measurement Regulations 1995". www.legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2016-06-10.

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

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Moody, Alton B. (1950). "The Nautical Mile". International Hydrographic Review. XXVII: 77. ISSN 0020-6946.
Zubrin, Robert (1996). The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must. Richard Wagner. New York: Free Press. p. 162. ISBN 0-684-82757-3. OCLC 34906203.

Nautical mile (English Wikipedia)

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