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'''Skanderoon'''<br> | '''Skanderoon'''<br> | ||
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'''Loxodrome'''<br> | '''Loxodrome'''<br> | ||
| − | + | Line of constant compass bearing on the surface of the Earth. A parallel of latitude is a loxodrome, but a great-circle arc is not. | |
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Contents
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Skanderoon
Iskenderun, Turkish port, eastern Mediterranean.
Loxodrome
Line of constant compass bearing on the surface of the Earth. A parallel of latitude is a loxodrome, but a great-circle arc is not.
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Caffeinist
Anachronism (1830).
new Captain
(Did the last one die of his wounds then?)
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Mustard-Grinder
???
Page 53
cheaply opiated Pint
???
Quantz Etude
???
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Enemas of... Coffee
(Cf AtD)
Slow-Matches
???
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Turk's Head
???
Matthew Walker
(Knot?)
Jewel Block
???
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perfectly beneath us
Astronomy 101 would have to flunk TRP-- anywhere in the Tropics the sun will be overhead on some days. At the Equator, only on the two equinoxes.
