[SmithL]

Handcrank Boats Forever ping

[SmithL]

fyi

[Tax-chick]

Hunley artifact and speculation.

[BenLurkin]

Maybe it ran until 8:23 a.m..

[SunkenCiv]

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[PAR35]

The copy editor needs to repeat 8th grade grammar.

So concussion of the explosion might have stopped the watch and sank the Hunley.

It should be 'have ... sunk', not 'have ... sank'.

And I just noticed, concussion and dampness seem to be alternative explanations, so the sentence should not have started with the 'so', which suggests a causal relationship. An 'or' would have been more appropriate there. In either event, a definite article is needed before 'concussion'.

Perhaps the writer was trying to say, "An alternate theory suggests that the concussion from the explosion stopped the watch and caused the sinking of the Huntley".

'said the damp on the Hunley'

Damp's an adjective here, not a noun. Should be 'damp air' or 'dampness'.

Bad writers have always been around. Copy editors used to make them look good. Publishers don't understand that spell checkers aren't copy editors.

[Tallguy]

But McConnell also said there is no way to tell if the watch was even working that night. It may have been broken but Dixon may have continued to carry the expensive watch.

Did they find another time piece on the Hunley? If not, I think you can assume that the watch was working. You'd need a working watch to estimate speed, time-to-daylight, etc. It wouldn't make much sense to carry a non-functioning watch unless you had another.

[U S Army EOD]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t think there was any standard way of setting a clock or watch at that time. It could be set off the town clock or a local sundial. A time shown on a watch at that time would have little meaning. Standard time started with railroad time. I think that was after the Civil War.

But I could be wrong.

Damn Yankees were probably on Daylight Savings time anyway.

[stainlessbanner]

Jine the Confederate Navy
Dixie Ping
(thanks T-C)

[SWEETSUNNYSOUTH]

I think only those brave men ever knew what happened.