The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... courses across country . Its home is to be found at Rugby School , and amongst members of hare - and - hounds ' clubs , who ... course and events of their lives . It is in this capacity that Athor is connected with Ptah , or the Egyptian ...
... courses across country . Its home is to be found at Rugby School , and amongst members of hare - and - hounds ' clubs , who ... course and events of their lives . It is in this capacity that Athor is connected with Ptah , or the Egyptian ...
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... course as the Cape St Roque Current , and afterwards as the Guiana Current ) acquires a greatly augmented rate , running ordinarily at the rate of from 30 to 50 miles , and occasionally at a rate of 80 miles , in the 24 hours . Entering ...
... course as the Cape St Roque Current , and afterwards as the Guiana Current ) acquires a greatly augmented rate , running ordinarily at the rate of from 30 to 50 miles , and occasionally at a rate of 80 miles , in the 24 hours . Entering ...
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... course at about 100 fathoms , and its rate of flow in the line of most rapid movement at 3 miles per hour . The outermost band , on the other hand , graduates insensibly , both as to temperature and rate of movement , into the general ...
... course at about 100 fathoms , and its rate of flow in the line of most rapid movement at 3 miles per hour . The outermost band , on the other hand , graduates insensibly , both as to temperature and rate of movement , into the general ...
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... course of the surface currents . There is , of course , a seasonal change , alike in its northern and in its southern division , this change being more and more marked as we recede from the equator . Following the course of the mean ...
... course of the surface currents . There is , of course , a seasonal change , alike in its northern and in its southern division , this change being more and more marked as we recede from the equator . Following the course of the mean ...
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... course lying to northwards of Great Britain , is the characteristic of an open winter in Great Britain ; on the other hand , if the cyclones follow a course lying to the southward , the winters are severe . This is a chief point of ...
... course lying to northwards of Great Britain , is the characteristic of an open winter in Great Britain ; on the other hand , if the cyclones follow a course lying to the southward , the winters are severe . This is a chief point of ...
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