LordWoolamalooWaving to the waves at North Berwick this afternoon
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Found the ship's log, washed up upon the shore (sorry - no, not really)
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Peter Brown@LordWoolamaloo not a pun.
It was actually a log, attached to a line with knots at about 47’ intervals , and as the line was paid out the knots were counted, and the speed in nautical miles was calculated.  Confusingly, the speed in nautical miles is also called knots.