ozoned@lemmy.world to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 10 months agoIt's big! It's heavy! It's wood!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1340arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1338arrow-down1imageIt's big! It's heavy! It's wood!lemmy.worldozoned@lemmy.world to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-square1stTime4MeInMCU@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·10 months agoThat kind of log floating behind ships was where the term log comes from. They’d throw them overboard and let them drift out over some interval and they’d mark down “log took 30 seconds to drift out to end of rope” to determine their speed.
That kind of log floating behind ships was where the term log comes from. They’d throw them overboard and let them drift out over some interval and they’d mark down “log took 30 seconds to drift out to end of rope” to determine their speed.
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