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Page 15
... four in one year . Solar eclipses are more numerous than lunar , by a ratio of nearly three to two . But while an eclipse of the moon is always visible over more than half the earth , a solar eclipse , and par- ticularly a total eclipse ...
... four in one year . Solar eclipses are more numerous than lunar , by a ratio of nearly three to two . But while an eclipse of the moon is always visible over more than half the earth , a solar eclipse , and par- ticularly a total eclipse ...
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... of course , but ordinarily not so dark as night , even a moonlit night . The corona and chromosphere give at least three to four times the light of the full moon , and , if the eclipse is of short duration ,. 16 THE TECHNICAL WORLD ...
... of course , but ordinarily not so dark as night , even a moonlit night . The corona and chromosphere give at least three to four times the light of the full moon , and , if the eclipse is of short duration ,. 16 THE TECHNICAL WORLD ...
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... four dials ; and , as one stands inside the clock , it is easy to see the minute hand going around . The works take ... four bells , weighing respectively 80 , 36 , 30 , and 20 hundredweight , and they are set to the following lines ...
... four dials ; and , as one stands inside the clock , it is easy to see the minute hand going around . The works take ... four bells , weighing respectively 80 , 36 , 30 , and 20 hundredweight , and they are set to the following lines ...
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... four times at 4 o'clock , six times at 6 o'clock , twelve times at 12 o'clock , and so on . In the picture , the two bronze artisans are in the act of striking ; the man to the east swings a 20 - pound hammer a dis- tance of two feet ...
... four times at 4 o'clock , six times at 6 o'clock , twelve times at 12 o'clock , and so on . In the picture , the two bronze artisans are in the act of striking ; the man to the east swings a 20 - pound hammer a dis- tance of two feet ...
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! ľ so on , the numbers being four inches long - this timepiece arouses great curi- osity , and there is often a crowd watch- ing the flight of time , not overhead as with other street clocks , but under foot . Two years of experimental ...
! ľ so on , the numbers being four inches long - this timepiece arouses great curi- osity , and there is often a crowd watch- ing the flight of time , not overhead as with other street clocks , but under foot . Two years of experimental ...
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