The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 6 |
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... parallel tubes communicating by an aperture , forming in the mass the appear- ance of honey - combs . This is described by Ellis and Pennant . It is found on Euro pean coasts , covering the rocks for a con- siderable space , and easily ...
... parallel tubes communicating by an aperture , forming in the mass the appear- ance of honey - combs . This is described by Ellis and Pennant . It is found on Euro pean coasts , covering the rocks for a con- siderable space , and easily ...
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... parallel sailing , middle latitude sailing , and great circle sailing . SAILING , great circle , in navigation , the art of finding what places a ship must go through , and what courses to steer ; so that her tract shall be in the arch ...
... parallel sailing , middle latitude sailing , and great circle sailing . SAILING , great circle , in navigation , the art of finding what places a ship must go through , and what courses to steer ; so that her tract shall be in the arch ...
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... parallel to itself , that is , its situation in one part of the orbit is always parallel to that in any other part , it disappears twice in every revolution of the planet , that is , about once in fifteen years , and he some- times ...
... parallel to itself , that is , its situation in one part of the orbit is always parallel to that in any other part , it disappears twice in every revolution of the planet , that is , about once in fifteen years , and he some- times ...
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... parallel to the equator . SATYRIUM , in botany , a genus of the Gynandria Diandria class and order . Na- tural order of Orchides , Essential charac- ter : nectary serotiform , or twin - inflated behind the flower . There are twenty ...
... parallel to the equator . SATYRIUM , in botany , a genus of the Gynandria Diandria class and order . Na- tural order of Orchides , Essential charac- ter : nectary serotiform , or twin - inflated behind the flower . There are twenty ...
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... parallel ones only one - tenth of an inch from each other ; so that every square inch of the table was thus divided into 100 little squares . At every point of intersection the board was perforated by small holes , capable of re ...
... parallel ones only one - tenth of an inch from each other ; so that every square inch of the table was thus divided into 100 little squares . At every point of intersection the board was perforated by small holes , capable of re ...
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