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__NOTOC__<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-16. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | __NOTOC__<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-16. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | ||
''Robin Hood's mile'' is a mile considerably longer than the reconized length, perhaps even, as Dobson & Taylor suggest, "a mile of several times the recognized length".<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 291.</ref> Presumably this expression has itrs background in exaggerated claims about Robin Hood's flight shooting abilities. | ''Robin Hood's mile'' is a mile considerably longer than the reconized length, perhaps even, as Dobson & Taylor suggest, "a mile of several times the recognized length".<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 291.</ref> Presumably this expression has itrs background in exaggerated claims about Robin Hood's flight shooting abilities. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:42, 8 January 2021
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-16. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-08.
Robin Hood's mile is a mile considerably longer than the reconized length, perhaps even, as Dobson & Taylor suggest, "a mile of several times the recognized length".[1] Presumably this expression has itrs background in exaggerated claims about Robin Hood's flight shooting abilities.