Mercator sailing
nounNavigation.
sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
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Say distance is 1600 miles measured by dividers or secured by Mercator sailing Method.
Lectures in Navigation | Ernest Gallaudet DraperAlso, one of the examples of Mercator sailing to be done by both the Inspection and Logarithmic method.
Lectures in Navigation | Ernest Gallaudet DraperIf oblique, it is solved by middle latitude, or Mercator sailing.
The Sailor's Word-Book | William Henry Smyth
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