| The ring of mass traces out the full path of the loxodrome from one pole to the other pole and back. |
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| The obscure concepts of the rhumb line, the loxodrome, and spherical trigonometry were also beyond their grasp. |
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| Snell studied the loxodrome, the path on the sphere that makes constant angle with the meridians. |
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| In 1701 Grandi discussed the conical loxodrome, the curve that cuts the generators of a cone of revolution in a constant angle. |
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| Since a loxodrome is not a great circle, it follows that by tracking a loxodrome a longer distance must be traveled compared to a great circle line. |
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| A ship will follow a loxodrome, or rhumb line, by maintaining a constant compass reading that can only be plotted on a Mercator chart with accuracy. |
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