On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 01:42:57 -0500, Larry wrote:

"Roger Long" wrote in news:0zWbh.31688$zB4.19393
:

Isn't KPS "Knots per Hour" = "Knots"?


Knots per hour, would be a unit of acceleration because "knots" means
"nautical miles per hour". Knots per hour = "nautical miles per hour per
hour". We sailors only DREAM of acceleration....(c;

Larry

You can use knots per hour to measure deceleration, too... :-)
(or should it be furlongs per fortnight? I always started the engine
when the Loran-gave an ETE of 99 hours.)


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