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Definition of Rhumbs
1. rhumb [n] - See also: rhumb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhumbs
Literary usage of Rhumbs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science: Comprising by Charles Davies, William Guy Peck (1855)
"... the reduced to degrees by means of the table of ship sails under these
circumstances, is called rhumbs, and in the fourth column, ..."
2. A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes, Or, A Philosophical View of the by Thomas Keith (1811)
"rhumbs aie the divisions of the horizon into 32 parts, called the points of the
compass. The ancients* were acquainted only with the ..."
3. A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes; Or, A Philosophical View of the by Thomas Keith (1832)
"rhumbs are the divisions of the horizon into 32 parts, called the points of the
compass. The* ancients were acquainted only with the four cardinal points, ..."
4. Elementary Manual for the Deviations of the Compass in Iron Ships: Arranged by Frederick John Evans (1875)
"From o° o' to 38° 5<y, MULTIPLIED BY THE SINES OF THE rhumbs, OR Si, S,, S3, S4,
S6, S6, and S,. S!=Nat. sin. 11° I5' = 'I S2=Nat. sin. ..."
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