Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1895 — Knots and Miles. [ARTICLE]

Knots and Miles.

To most people these terms are synonymous when speaking of a vessel’s speed. .It should be rCthembered that there is a decided diffi - ence between the sea knot and tne mile. Three and one-half miles equal within a small fraction, three knots. The result of this difference, of course, is that the speed of a vessel in miles per hour, is always considerably larger than when stated in knots, and the confusion of the terms sometimes give rise to rather remarkable claims of Speed performance. When a twenty knot ship, for instance, is mentioned, it should be remembered that this really means over twenty-three miles. Niobara, the name of a river in Nebraska, is said to mean “wide water.”