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    Re: Name for sixty nautical miles
    From: Bill B
    Date: 2016 Mar 17, 13:49 -0400

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    On 3/17/2016 1:13 PM, Frank Reed wrote:
    > I've been thinking this over for a while. We need a name for one degree
    > of distance on the globe measured along a great circle. At least for
    > teaching purposes, I think it would be useful. Just as the nautical mile
    > represents one minute of arc, there ought to be some name, the nautical
    > /something/, for one degree of arc. Any suggestions?
    >
    > Frank Reed
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