10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RHUMB»
Discover the use of
rhumb in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
rhumb and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator ...
In Rhumb Lines and Map Wars, Mark Monmonier offers an insightful, richly illustrated account of the controversies surrounding Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercator's legacy.
2
Dutton's Nautical Navigation
A great circle between two places on the same side of the equator is everywhere
nearer the pole than the rhumb line between those same points. If the two places
are on different sides of the equator, the great circle between them changes its ...
Benjamin Dutton, Thomas J. Cutler, 2004
Foreword. By. Author. As I finished writingRhumbLine Bend,the second book in
the Krewe ofJupiterseries,I couldn't helpbut start to feel a little clairvoyant. In the
first book,Nautical Contraband,the character Buddy goes through a divorce.
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NavPac and Compact Data 2006-2010: Astro-navigation Methods ...
Finder will calculate the course (track) and distance travelled, or the position,
using rhumb line or great circle navigation. The rhumb lines are defined on an
oblate Earth defined by the WGS 84 spheroid, while great circle navigation uses
a ...
C.Y. Hohenkerk, Great Britain: H.M. Nautical Almanac Office, B.D. Yallop, 2004
5
JAR Professional Pilot Studies
Meridians now do not converge, but are parallel, equally spaced, vertical straight
lines, so rhumb lines are accurate, but the distance between latitudes increases
away from the centre. Since the Earth distance between parallels of latitude ...
6
New Tables to Facilitate the Practice of Great Circle ...
When in this case the ship steers along the great circle's arc she is, being
between the given place in higher latitude and the meridian of the cutting point of
the Rhumb line with the Equator, always in higher latitude than she would be in
the ...
Arnold H. Deichmann, 1857
7
The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
This curve is what we call the Iaxorlromic cur-va, rhumb-line, or Iaxodromy. It is a
kind of spiral, which, like the logarithmic spiral, makes an infinity of
Circumvolutions without ever arriving at a certain point, to which it yet still tends,
and towards ...
Great circle arching a rhumb on the Mercator ' Just as mariners speak of sailing a
rhumb, aviators speak of "flying a Mercator course." "An airplane maintaining a
constant course," says an army technical manual on air navigation,! "will trace the
...
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A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary: Containing an ...
Rhombu $•&/;'</. See Rhomb-iSV/V/. RHUMB, Rumb, or Rum, in Navigation, a
vertical circle of any given place ; or the intersection of a part of such a circle with
the horizon. Rhumbs therefore coincide with points of the world, or of the horizon.
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Astronomy, in Five Books
through which it is drawn, thus, the north rhumb is siiid to make an angle infinitely
small with the meridian, that is, it is coincident with it' the cast rhumb makes a
right angle, the half rhumbs make half right angles with all the meridians they
pass ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RHUMB»
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rhumb is used in the context of the following news items.
Celerity first to finish Transpac Race
And there is another entry closing in on the finish line fast from south of rhumb: the current leader in Division 8, Tracy Obert's BBY 59-foot ketch Marjorie, who ... «Scuttlebutt Sailing News, Jul 15»
Transpac Race: Tradewinds and Trash Piles
Rags's rival 100-footer Wild Oats XI – co-skippered by Roy Pat Disney and Mark Richards – was positioned closer to the rhumb with both doing nearly 20 knots, ... «Scuttlebutt Sailing News, Jul 15»
Wild Oats XI in a tight tussle for the lead in the Transpac race
Their route, which should take seven days to cover, sees the yachts sail well north of the rhumb line to a point where they can expect to find the most favourable ... «My Sailing, Jul 15»
Tunes on the Town
Dave Sag's Blues Party, 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., The Rhumb Line, 41 Railroad Ave., Gloucester. With Orville Giddings and Mark Earley. DJ Vito Dance Party, 9 p.m., ... «Gloucester Daily Times, Jul 15»
Mischievous leads Marion Bermuda Race
Later in the day Saturday at 1500hrs EDT, the 65-foot 'Mischievous' was heading about 10º west of the direct “rhumb line” course to Bermuda. The wind was ... «Scuttlebutt Sailing News, Jun 15»
Severna Park skipper wins PHRF 1 class
Saykadoo excited the bay well ahead of the other J/120s then went east of the rhumb line. Reviewing the race tracker afterward, McManus realized that most of ... «CapitalGazette.com, Jun 15»
Indian takes line honours in Fremantle-Bali Race
... constantly been on the heels of Indian choosing to sail a course that kept her closer to the West Australian coast and then sailing a rhumb line course to Bali. «My Sailing, May 15»
Police: Assault charge for man who punched woman at Greenport bar
Paul Houpe, 22, was at the Rhumb Line Bar on Front Street at 2:40 a.m. when he got into a confrontation with a 37-year-old woman, police said. Houpe punched ... «Newsday, Mar 15»
Volvo Ocean Race- Start of Leg 5 looking more likely for Tuesday
They would not really dip deep into the Southern Ocean but would hold up almost onto the rhumb line to reach Cape Horn. A start on Monday afternoon will still ... «Sail World, Mar 15»
Lucky 7? Contrasting Fortunes in Route du Rhum
For a Sudist (southern) solo skipper it is the northern route, closer to the rhumb line which paid the top dividend for Kito de Pavant (Otio Bastide-Medical) The ... «Scuttlebutt Sailing News, Nov 14»
