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... light train of wheels ( with dials ) resembling that of a gas meter , so that when , by proper adjustment of the pressure in the bellows , the instrument gives steadily some definite note , we may ob- serve the number of turns in any ...
... light train of wheels ( with dials ) resembling that of a gas meter , so that when , by proper adjustment of the pressure in the bellows , the instrument gives steadily some definite note , we may ob- serve the number of turns in any ...
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... light ( see LIGHT ) from S. reaches the earth in about 21 years : see STARS . It has long been known to possess a ' proper motion ' ( i.e. , an independent progres- sive motion ) , which was for a time believed to be in a straight line ...
... light ( see LIGHT ) from S. reaches the earth in about 21 years : see STARS . It has long been known to possess a ' proper motion ' ( i.e. , an independent progres- sive motion ) , which was for a time believed to be in a straight line ...
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... light for unit of surface to equal that of S. , it would require 400 suns at the distance of S. to send us the light which that star does ; and our sun at the distance of S. would appear less than a star of the sixth magnitude , and be ...
... light for unit of surface to equal that of S. , it would require 400 suns at the distance of S. to send us the light which that star does ; and our sun at the distance of S. would appear less than a star of the sixth magnitude , and be ...
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... light - house of stone , 67 ft . high , lat . 57 ° 43 ' 8 " n . , long . 10 ° 36 ′ 5 ′′ e .; and near it is a small town ( pop . 1,400 ) . SKAGER - RACK , skį'ghér - rįk [ ' Crooked Strait of Ska- gen ; ' rack is prob . from same root ...
... light - house of stone , 67 ft . high , lat . 57 ° 43 ' 8 " n . , long . 10 ° 36 ′ 5 ′′ e .; and near it is a small town ( pop . 1,400 ) . SKAGER - RACK , skį'ghér - rįk [ ' Crooked Strait of Ska- gen ; ' rack is prob . from same root ...
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markable for elongation and sharpness of the snout . The upper surface is of light - lead color , the lower grayish white . The tail has a row of crooked spines : this species attains a large size . The SHARP - NOSED S. ( R. oxyrhynchus ) ...
markable for elongation and sharpness of the snout . The upper surface is of light - lead color , the lower grayish white . The tail has a row of crooked spines : this species attains a large size . The SHARP - NOSED S. ( R. oxyrhynchus ) ...
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