The Columbian Cyclopedia, Volume 18Garretson, Cox, 1897 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... whole number failing at 96 years . The average age then attained by the 3,635 persons being ascertained on these data , would be the mean duration of life after the age of 40 has been reached . Suppose , then , that a be the given ...
... whole number failing at 96 years . The average age then attained by the 3,635 persons being ascertained on these data , would be the mean duration of life after the age of 40 has been reached . Suppose , then , that a be the given ...
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... whole service is under one general super- intendent . The stations on the L. I. and N. J. coasts are about 4 m . apart , and during winter the beach is patrolled night and day by surfmen , provided with signals , flags by day and lights ...
... whole service is under one general super- intendent . The stations on the L. I. and N. J. coasts are about 4 m . apart , and during winter the beach is patrolled night and day by surfmen , provided with signals , flags by day and lights ...
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... whole height of the stone - work , 88 ft . The stones are dove - tailed , and the courses fastened together by wrought - iron dowels . In the n . part of Lake Huron , on Spectacle reef , is a L.-H. built to resist masses of float- ing ...
... whole height of the stone - work , 88 ft . The stones are dove - tailed , and the courses fastened together by wrought - iron dowels . In the n . part of Lake Huron , on Spectacle reef , is a L.-H. built to resist masses of float- ing ...
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... whole horizon . As the property of the parabolic re- flector is to collect the rays incident upon its surface into one beam of parallel rays , it would be absolutely impossible , were the flame from which the rays proceed a mathematical ...
... whole horizon . As the property of the parabolic re- flector is to collect the rays incident upon its surface into one beam of parallel rays , it would be absolutely impossible , were the flame from which the rays proceed a mathematical ...
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... , so far as regards fixed lights , which are required to illuminate constantly the whole of the horizon with equal intensity , the dioptric light of Fresnel with LIGHT - HOUSE . Alan Stevenson's improvements is a perfect.
... , so far as regards fixed lights , which are required to illuminate constantly the whole of the horizon with equal intensity , the dioptric light of Fresnel with LIGHT - HOUSE . Alan Stevenson's improvements is a perfect.
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