A user with 63 edits. Account created on 25 February 2007.
28 July 2014
17:4517:45, 28 July 2014diffhist−421
League (unit)
In light of someone removing the explanation that a league is a measure of the observable distance to the horizon, this paragraph has lost its context.
10 July 2014
01:5201:52, 10 July 2014diffhist−36
League (unit)
Addressed failed verification: 6 ft. adult eyes are 1.8 m above the ground. Radius of the Earth is 6,371 Km. The sight distance is 4.79 Km (just short of 3 miles).
02:1802:18, 1 December 2013diffhist+245
League (unit)
Trade, Travel, and Exploration in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia - "The league, occasionally used here and in the rest of Europe as a land measure....was finally standardized at 15,840 feet or three miles of 5,280 feet each."
14:4014:40, 7 March 2013diffhist+487
League (unit)
The distance covered during a one-hour walk in the Middle Ages is an obtuse point of reference for ocean voyages throughout history. However, the distance to the horizon is a consistent nautical measure, particularly when in sight of land.
17:2817:28, 10 July 2008diffhist−3,213
Addictive behavior
Undid revision 224635527 Merging of "Behavioral Addiction" and "Addictive Behavior" isn't supported by the facts or academic opinion. Please see discussion.
15:2815:28, 8 July 2008diffhist+3,585
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Behavioral addiction
←Created page with ''''Behavioral addiction''' is the use of a pattern of actions to achieve states which are physiologically and psychologically commensurate with substance [[addic...'