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Peter Thejll
 
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Hi, I am trying to understand the origin of the 28 second interval used in
measuring the speed of ships. If a certain length of rope paid out in 28
seconds the ship was moving at 1 knot - if two paid out the ship sspeed was
2 knots etc. Why use 28 seconds? What is the origin of the 28 second
interval?

Peter Thejll
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