Historical Examples

• Rhumb lines are drawn from numerous centers over the surface of the terrestrial globe.

  Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol I

  Edward Luther Stevenson

• A term when a look-out man announces a rhumb or bearing of any object in this quarter.

  The Sailor's Word-Book

  William Henry Smyth

• Rhumb Line, a circle on the earth's surface making a given angle with the meridian; applied to the course of a ship in navigation.

  The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  Edited by Rev. James Wood