The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 17. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1884 |
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... latitudes . It has been observed and described in Russia , Siberia , Central Asia , China , Cochin China , Egypt , West Indies , Peru , Paraguay , Brazil , Mexico , and other parts of North and South America , in Australia , and on ...
... latitudes . It has been observed and described in Russia , Siberia , Central Asia , China , Cochin China , Egypt , West Indies , Peru , Paraguay , Brazil , Mexico , and other parts of North and South America , in Australia , and on ...
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... latitude of personal government . Thus Indra is mainly concerned with thunder and other atmospheric phenomena ; but Vayu is the wind , the Maruts are wind - gods , Agni is fire or the god of fire , and so connected with lightning ...
... latitude of personal government . Thus Indra is mainly concerned with thunder and other atmospheric phenomena ; but Vayu is the wind , the Maruts are wind - gods , Agni is fire or the god of fire , and so connected with lightning ...
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... latitude by the pole star and the ". 1879 was 4598 . NAUTILUS . For the Paper Nautilus ( Argonauta argo ) see vol . vi . p . 750 ; and for the Pearly Nautilus ( N. pom- pilius ) see vol . xvi . p . 670 89 . NAVARINO , or NEOCASTRO , a ...
... latitude by the pole star and the ". 1879 was 4598 . NAUTILUS . For the Paper Nautilus ( Argonauta argo ) see vol . vi . p . 750 ; and for the Pearly Nautilus ( N. pom- pilius ) see vol . xvi . p . 670 89 . NAVARINO , or NEOCASTRO , a ...
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... latitude by the pole star and the " pointers. until the election of Garcia Ramirez on the death of Alphonso I. ( VII . of Castile ) . In 1234 Theobald , third count of Champagne , was crowned at Pamplona as Theobald I. , having been ...
... latitude by the pole star and the " pointers. until the election of Garcia Ramirez on the death of Alphonso I. ( VII . of Castile ) . In 1234 Theobald , third count of Champagne , was crowned at Pamplona as Theobald I. , having been ...
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... latitude and departure. was Fig . 1 . angles ; its length was a little over 26 inches , so as to allow the " pinules " or sights to be placed exactly 26 inches apart . A sight was also fixed on the end of the staff for the eye to peep ...
... latitude and departure. was Fig . 1 . angles ; its length was a little over 26 inches , so as to allow the " pinules " or sights to be placed exactly 26 inches apart . A sight was also fixed on the end of the staff for the eye to peep ...
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