Re: [Paddlewise] Back to basics

From: R. Walker <rww_at_mailbox.neosoft.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 16:51:16 +0000
> is there anywhere a list, a web page in the net, which would help a 
> Frustrated Finn to compare knots to metres/second or to 
> kilometres/hour?

1 knot = 1.852 km/hr = 0.5144 m/sec
1 km/hr = .2778 m/sec = 0.53996 knots
1 m/sec = 1.9438 knots = 3.6 km/hr

1 km = 0.6214 miles = = 0.53996 naut miles 
= 4.971 furlong = 6.684585813 x 10(-9) AU

have fun.


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