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... feet long , and each with a polar axis , on which will be mounted a camera of from twelve to fifteen feet focal length , and also spectroscopic apparatus . The neces- sity of having two cameras for each ex- pedition is obvious . The ...
... feet long , and each with a polar axis , on which will be mounted a camera of from twelve to fifteen feet focal length , and also spectroscopic apparatus . The neces- sity of having two cameras for each ex- pedition is obvious . The ...
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... feet in circumference ; and the galvanized cable , about 300 feet in length , supports a leaden weight of three hun- dredweight which has to be wound up daily . The clock chamber lies in the northwest tower about 120 feet high , where ...
... feet in circumference ; and the galvanized cable , about 300 feet in length , supports a leaden weight of three hun- dredweight which has to be wound up daily . The clock chamber lies in the northwest tower about 120 feet high , where ...
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... feet long . There are four dials ; and , as one stands inside the clock , it is easy to see the minute hand going ... feet 6 inches high ; his circum- ference is 27 feet : and he weighs 132 tons . He is not the original striking bell ...
... feet long . There are four dials ; and , as one stands inside the clock , it is easy to see the minute hand going ... feet 6 inches high ; his circum- ference is 27 feet : and he weighs 132 tons . He is not the original striking bell ...
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... feet at each bound , alighted easily some sixty feet beyond , and took another bound , as simply as if on the earth , yet with an ease that gave me not the slightest weariness . I ran back and found that I had made the two miles in a ...
... feet at each bound , alighted easily some sixty feet beyond , and took another bound , as simply as if on the earth , yet with an ease that gave me not the slightest weariness . I ran back and found that I had made the two miles in a ...
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... feet . - Three hundred feet above the river are the refreshment booths . THE TECHNICAL WORLD MAGAZINE archway , as many fatalities have. ing country round about . Dinant is in the very heart of the Belgian Ardennes ; and from it may be ...
... feet . - Three hundred feet above the river are the refreshment booths . THE TECHNICAL WORLD MAGAZINE archway , as many fatalities have. ing country round about . Dinant is in the very heart of the Belgian Ardennes ; and from it may be ...
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