Posted by Peter Ceresole on November 22, 2010 at 01:26:43 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: The Pea in the Peashooter posted by Robert Hill on November 21, 2010 at 10:42:45:
I used "nmph" because Peter Truelove had.
Yes, and idle speculation about the 'n' meaning 'nano', rather than 'nautical', was quite irresistible.
The original number really means 'quite slow', which is fine. But I find it hard to resist boosting the Napoleonic survey...