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[10] fall (faw) 6 ells, or 222 inches (5.648 m). Identical to the Scots rod and raip ("rope"). [11] Scots mile 320 falls or 5920 feet or 1973.33 yards (1807 metres), compare with the English mile of 5280 English feet or 1760 yards (approximately 1609 metres), but varied from place to place. Obsolete by the 19th century. [12]
Lake Michigan (/ ˈ m ɪ ʃ ɪ ɡ ən / ⓘ MISH-ig-ən) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume [5] (1,180 cu mi; 4,900 km 3) and depth (923 ft; 281 m) after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area (22,405 sq mi; 58,030 km 2), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
The life expectancy of an artillery horse was under eight months. They suffered from disease, exhaustion from long marches—typically 16 miles (25.8 km) in 10 hours—and battle injuries. Horses panicked easier than men when subjected to counter-battery fire, and their movements were made difficult because they were harnessed together into ...