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1 knot = 51.1625 | vision. Old rooted customs are difficult to feet, or 51 feet 14 + inches. 1 fathom = eradicate, but there is no doubt that the 5.11625 feet, or 5 feet 1+ + inches, estima- dozen, half, and quarter, those stumblingting a mile at 6139 feet, and using a 30" blocks in the way of the decimal system, will glass. If a 28" glass is used, and eight divi- eventually disappear as entirely as the now sions, then 1 knot = 47 feet 9 + inches. 1 fathom = 5 feet 11 inches. The line should be about 150 fathoms long, having 10 fathoms between the chip and first knot for stray line. Miles X .87 = knots. Knots X 1.15 = miles. Feet per minute X .01 = knots per hour. 1 knot = 6082.66 feet; 1 statute mile = 5280 feet. totally obsolete eighth and sixteenth of a dollar, the Mexican shilling and sixpence.