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A knot is one nautical mile per hour (1 knot = 1.15 miles per hour). The term knot dates from the 17th century, when sailors measured the speed of their ship by using a device called a common log.. This device was a coil of rope with uniformly spaced knots, attached to a piece of wood shaped like a slice of pie.
7. It means. That you are moving, relative to the earths surface, at 390 nautical miles per hour. A nautical mile is used for aircraft as it is equal to one minute of latitude, which makes for easier calculations. In ordinary terms, a nautical mile per hour, (called a knot. Never, ever call knots per hour) is 6,080 feet.