"Sea mile" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... can do so no more. But I am not, for well I know what the trouble must be, and I would have you think no more of it. The good ship has saved us all, and so her work is done, and well done. Never, if she sailed many a long sea mile with you, would anything be worth telling of her besides this. And the burden of common things would surely be all unmeet for her after ...
— Havelok The Dane - A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln • Charles Whistler
... do so no more. But I am not, for well I know what the trouble must be, and I would have you think no more of it. The good ship has saved us all, and so her work is done, and well done. Never, if she sailed many a long sea mile with you, would anything be worth telling of her besides this. And the burden of common things would surely be all unmeet for her after what ...
— Havelok The Dane - A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln • Charles Whistler
... great speed. The four monster propellers are driven by electricity, which is generated by engines fed with fuel oil. The speed attained is 35 knots an hour, which means the same speed as a train traveling at the rate of 40 miles an hour, since the sea mile, or knot, is longer than the ...
— Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights • Kelly Miller |
