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From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: re: Warp Drive
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Date: Fri, 27-Jul-84 09:26:13 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 27 09:26:13 1984
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> I believe that the speed at
> which the old sailing ships travelled was measured in "warps".
> (Aha! I hear you cry)  Therefore, an analogy is being made between
> the Enterprise and a tall ship.
>
>			Paul Summers

The only nautical use of "warp" that I can come across is, to quote the AMERICAN
HERITAGE DICTIONARY, "To move (a vessel) by hauling on a line that is fastened
to or around a piling, anchor, or pier" or "A towline used in warping a vessel".
Nautical speed is measured in "knots" --- nautical miles per hour --- though I
don't know how far back that term goes.

--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA)

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