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message 1: by [deleted user] (last edited Jan 20, 2013 11:02PM) (new)

Jan 20, 2013 11:01PM

Chapter 125: The Log and Line
http://www.mobydickbigread.com/chapte...
Read by Sheila Snelgrove
Artist: Theo Jansen

Blog: http://ahistoryofnewyork.com/2013/01/...

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message 2: by [deleted user] (last edited Jan 20, 2013 11:13PM) (new)

Jan 20, 2013 11:06PM

Log and line

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich: http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collecti...

Good picture at the NY blog, from another blog, about the "knots". I had forgotten the reason why a ship's speed is measured in knots.

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