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John Michel suggested that the ancient linear measures were derived from local geodetic surveys, and that the units existed in forms.
The units in this table is in BI feet. Michel used BI feet in his books.

Scale V20 V21 V22
Roman 0.960 000 000 0.967 680 000 0.973 209 600
Polar 0.979 591 836 0.987 428 571 0.993 071 020
Greek 1.000 000 000 1.008 000 000 1.013 760 000
Statute 1.041 666 666 1.050 000 000 1.056 000 000
Northern 1.085 069 444 1.093 750 000 1.100 000 000
Polar 1.371 428 571 1.382 400 000 1.390 299 428
Egyptian 1.714 285 714 1.728 000 000 1.737 874 285
?1 1.785 714 285 1.800 000 000 1.810 285 714
?2 1.860 119 047 1.875 000 000 1.885 714 285
Neither Michel nor Neal proposed the Northern scale, although it is well attested in the histrical records.

Scale	V20	V21	V22
Roman	0.960 000 000	0.967 680 000	0.973 209 600
Polar	0.979 591 836	0.987 428 571	0.993 071 020
Greek	1.000 000 000	1.008 000 000	1.013 760 000
Statute	1.041 666 666	1.050 000 000	1.056 000 000
Northern	1.085 069 444	1.093 750 000	1.100 000 000
Polar	1.371 428 571	1.382 400 000	1.390 299 428
Egyptian	1.714 285 714	1.728 000 000	1.737 874 285
?1	1.785 714 285	1.800 000 000	1.810 285 714
?2	1.860 119 047	1.875 000 000	1.885 714 285

According to Neal the metre is 11*1.2**7 inches, or 39.414 988 800 inch.

The megalithic foot is taken as 192/175 = 1.097 142 857 142 ft, the yard (as a pace) is then 2.742 857 142 857 ft, or 836 m/m. The published values for it is 829 m/m. Even allowing for Neal's metre of 39.415 inches, this makes only for 835 m/m.
A better approximate would be to take 19/7 BI feet, that a nautical mile is 2240 paces, or 5600 megalithic feet. The matching mrinal would become 8400 such feet, (twe: 7000).