Noeud

Noeud , the knot, was a French measure of length and is considered a nautical measure.

• 1 Noeud = 1/120 mille marin ( nautical mile ) = 15.458 meters

The Mill marine or nautical mile was 9 ½ encablure ( cable length basis), the 100 fathoms or 194.9336 meters (including 195 or 194.9036 meters) measured. The cable length was later set at 200 meters.

See also

• Node (unit)

literature

• Association of practical merchants: The latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 2, Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, p. 339.