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Re: John E. Doolittle (Update)
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Thu, 27 Jan 2000 22:06:23 GMT
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Bruce Schlickbernd (<Fp0A9s.4wq@lugnet.com>) wrote
at 18:05:52
> Cables, not yards. Unfortunately, I forget how long a cable is.
200 yards.
More when I've read it myself :-)
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Tony Priestman
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| Tony Priestman wrote (...) Cool. Anyone know how long a chain was? How about a league? And a fathom was about 6 feet, yes? And thanks for the email - I'll get those corrections sorted out over the weekend. regards Richard Still baldly going... Check (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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