Robin Paulson wrote:
On 12/01/2008, Igor Brejc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Just as a curiosity: 12 NM was chosen because it it the farthest point a
person can see from the shore (due to Earth's roundness). Or something
like that :)
according to wp, it was the range of a cannon in 14th c or something....
XIV c. ships would draw rather then carried a cannon that could
shoot as far as 22.2 km. It must be something different.
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Było mi bardzo miło. Czwarta pospolita klęska, [...]
>Łukasz< Już nie katolicka lecz złodziejska. (c)PP
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