Convert mile (metric U.S. high school) to barleycorn
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Definition and details for mile (metric U.S. high school):
Sometimes in U.S. high schools, metric mile is equal to 1600 meters.
Definition and details for barleycorn:
Barleycorn is an old English unit of distance equal to 1/3 inch or about 8.47 millimeters. In farming societies was very common to use seeds as units of length. Barley was a basic crop in England. So barleycorn was a useful unit.