The North American Review, Volume 41Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1835 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... measure times , seasons , days and years . In most cases , they do furnish us with the measures by which we go . The earth's revolution on its axis furnishes the measure of a day . A week is measured by the quarterly changes of the moon ...
... measure times , seasons , days and years . In most cases , they do furnish us with the measures by which we go . The earth's revolution on its axis furnishes the measure of a day . A week is measured by the quarterly changes of the moon ...
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... measure a single hour , it could not measure equal successive hours , nor could it measure the parts of a single hour . The Persian clepsydra was different ; a small metallic cup perforated at the bottom was placed on the surface of a ...
... measure a single hour , it could not measure equal successive hours , nor could it measure the parts of a single hour . The Persian clepsydra was different ; a small metallic cup perforated at the bottom was placed on the surface of a ...
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... measured by the sun . The days as meas- ured by the sun are not equal throughout the year : this is be- cause the ... measure time by the meridian , if we take it No. 88 . VOL . XLI . - 5 to be twelve when it is noon according to the ...
... measured by the sun . The days as meas- ured by the sun are not equal throughout the year : this is be- cause the ... measure time by the meridian , if we take it No. 88 . VOL . XLI . - 5 to be twelve when it is noon according to the ...
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