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... length of total eclipse , the tip of the moon's shadow just reaching the earth with totality for but a second - a touch and go . So eccentric is the moon's path round . the earth that the relation obtains as shown in the upper right ...
... length of total eclipse , the tip of the moon's shadow just reaching the earth with totality for but a second - a touch and go . So eccentric is the moon's path round . the earth that the relation obtains as shown in the upper right ...
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... length both the importance of the industry and the danger which menaced it were recognized , and the States di- rectly interested passed laws for its reg- ulation and development . Under the present system , the oyster beds are leased ...
... length both the importance of the industry and the danger which menaced it were recognized , and the States di- rectly interested passed laws for its reg- ulation and development . Under the present system , the oyster beds are leased ...
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... length , and also spectroscopic apparatus . The neces- sity of having two cameras for each ex- pedition is obvious . The large camera . takes a large picture , and is intended to make plates which shall record chiefly the phenomena ...
... length , and also spectroscopic apparatus . The neces- sity of having two cameras for each ex- pedition is obvious . The large camera . takes a large picture , and is intended to make plates which shall record chiefly the phenomena ...
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... length , which takes a certain period to consume . Knots are tied at intervals , which give an indi- cation of the time . The sandglass is also of antiquity ; but to this day a sandglass . is used in the British House of Commons to ...
... length , which takes a certain period to consume . Knots are tied at intervals , which give an indi- cation of the time . The sandglass is also of antiquity ; but to this day a sandglass . is used in the British House of Commons to ...
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... 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 the sunlight has not penetrated for hundreds of years , and the ...
... 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 the sunlight has not penetrated for hundreds of years , and the ...
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