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Re: Review of "Overboard" (history of Slocum)
From: John Huth
Date: 2010 Dec 30, 17:33 -0500
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2053/is-dead-reckoning-short-for-deduced-reckoning
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From: John Huth
Date: 2010 Dec 30, 17:33 -0500
Nevermind, I found a link that explains this.
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Apache Runner <apacherunner@gmail.com> wrote:
Frank -In the realm of navigational trivia, Wolff repeats the modern "folk etymology" which originated in the 1920s that suggests "dead reckoning" is derived from the phrase "deduced reckoning".
Where did it come from? I was under the impression that it was from the abbreviation d'ed reckoning. But I'm willing to learn.Thanks!
John H.
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