Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... light be the earth upon thee ; I.H.C. and I.H.S. are the first three letters , I , H , ( I , E , S ) —which last was at one time written very like our C- in the Greek IнZOTE , Jesus ; A.S. , anno să- lūtis , in the year of our salvation ...
... light be the earth upon thee ; I.H.C. and I.H.S. are the first three letters , I , H , ( I , E , S ) —which last was at one time written very like our C- in the Greek IнZOTE , Jesus ; A.S. , anno să- lūtis , in the year of our salvation ...
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... light with that of the earth . The velocity of light is about 10,000 times greater than that of the earth in her orbit , so that the stars appear displaced through an angle of about 20'5 " , the displace- ment taking place in a plane ...
... light with that of the earth . The velocity of light is about 10,000 times greater than that of the earth in her orbit , so that the stars appear displaced through an angle of about 20'5 " , the displace- ment taking place in a plane ...
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... light with that of the earth's rotation . When the heavenly body has a motion of its own , as is the case with a planet , its velocity has to be taken into account , and then we have the Planetary A. When a ray of light undergoes ...
... light with that of the earth's rotation . When the heavenly body has a motion of its own , as is the case with a planet , its velocity has to be taken into account , and then we have the Planetary A. When a ray of light undergoes ...
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... light play , performed after the principal piece of a theatrical enter- tainment . Aga . ( Effendi . ) Agacerie . [ Fr. ] Provoking coquetry . Littré refers Fr. agacer , to provoke , to Norm . agasser , to chase away with clamour ...
... light play , performed after the principal piece of a theatrical enter- tainment . Aga . ( Effendi . ) Agacerie . [ Fr. ] Provoking coquetry . Littré refers Fr. agacer , to provoke , to Norm . agasser , to chase away with clamour ...
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... light . An appearance of streams of light shooting up from the northern horizon ; probably due to an electrical disturbance in the upper regions of the atmosphere ; though most frequent in high latitudes N. or S. It is seen from time to ...
... light . An appearance of streams of light shooting up from the northern horizon ; probably due to an electrical disturbance in the upper regions of the atmosphere ; though most frequent in high latitudes N. or S. It is seen from time to ...
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Acanthopterygii Accipitres acid America Anat ancient applied Arch Astron axis birds bishop body called Canonical hours Celt centre century Chem circle coin colour common corr court curve denote earth Eccl Eleusinian Mysteries England English Entom escutcheon feet fish formerly French Geol Greek head heat Hence Hind Hist Horace horse Ichth inches India Indian instrument iron kind king land Latin Church light Littré Lord lower magnetic Manichæans mast Math means measure ment metal molluscs motion Music Myth name given Naut O.Fr officer Onomatop Oolite origin Ornith person piece plane plants Rhet right angles Roman rope round sail Scotland ship side sometimes spec stone substance supposed surface term tion tree vessel vide wheel wind wood word Zool