Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events, Volume 7; Volume 42D. Appleton & Company, 1903 |
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... mile breeze . He had complete con trol of his machine , and for about 3 miles kept a comparatively horizontal course , when a gust of wind blew a suspended rope against the pro- peller , with which it became entangled , and he was ...
... mile breeze . He had complete con trol of his machine , and for about 3 miles kept a comparatively horizontal course , when a gust of wind blew a suspended rope against the pro- peller , with which it became entangled , and he was ...
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... miles north of Phoenix , supplied from the Rio Verde , passes for nearly 4 miles through an artificial gorge cut to the depth of 100 feet in the rock ; it then divides into 4 branches , 1 of which is more than 40 miles long , and all ...
... miles north of Phoenix , supplied from the Rio Verde , passes for nearly 4 miles through an artificial gorge cut to the depth of 100 feet in the rock ; it then divides into 4 branches , 1 of which is more than 40 miles long , and all ...
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... miles a second . To elucidate the spectroscopic process by which it is hoped the direction of the Sun's mo- tion may be determined the following facts must be borne in mind . If a star is not moving toward or from the solar system , or ...
... miles a second . To elucidate the spectroscopic process by which it is hoped the direction of the Sun's mo- tion may be determined the following facts must be borne in mind . If a star is not moving toward or from the solar system , or ...
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... miles , and its velocity 33 miles a second . A few min- utes after it disappeared a loud report like dis- tant thunder was heard at all the stations which shook buildings . At some places a double report was heard . Meteoric Stones ...
... miles , and its velocity 33 miles a second . A few min- utes after it disappeared a loud report like dis- tant thunder was heard at all the stations which shook buildings . At some places a double report was heard . Meteoric Stones ...
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... Miles in a second . Dog - star . 20 Castor ... 25 Alpha Orionis 15 60 Beta Orionis . 22 25 50 Alpha Ursa Majoris ... miles The mean diameter vary through wide limits . of the four largest - Ceres , Pallas , Juno , and Vesta - according ...
... Miles in a second . Dog - star . 20 Castor ... 25 Alpha Orionis 15 60 Beta Orionis . 22 25 50 Alpha Ursa Majoris ... miles The mean diameter vary through wide limits . of the four largest - Ceres , Pallas , Juno , and Vesta - according ...
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