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... feet 3 ; for 20 feet , 5 ; for 40 feet , 7 , & c . These minutes subtracted from the altitude observed , and added to the zenith distance observed , give the true altitude and ze . nith distance . To observe the distance of two stars ...
... feet 3 ; for 20 feet , 5 ; for 40 feet , 7 , & c . These minutes subtracted from the altitude observed , and added to the zenith distance observed , give the true altitude and ze . nith distance . To observe the distance of two stars ...
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... feet deep , with moss below ten feet deep . Within this lake were formerly two islands raised by art , with buildings on each ; to which Margaret , Malcolm Canmore's queen , retired after the decease of her husband . Part of the ruins ...
... feet deep , with moss below ten feet deep . Within this lake were formerly two islands raised by art , with buildings on each ; to which Margaret , Malcolm Canmore's queen , retired after the decease of her husband . Part of the ruins ...
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... feet : besides 12 or 15 feet under ground . Its breadth is 3 feet 10 inches by one foot 3 inches in thickness . " FORSTER , JOHN REINHOLD , a celebrated ' Ger- man naturalist . See SUPLEMENT . FORSTER , J. G. A. an eminent naturalist ...
... feet : besides 12 or 15 feet under ground . Its breadth is 3 feet 10 inches by one foot 3 inches in thickness . " FORSTER , JOHN REINHOLD , a celebrated ' Ger- man naturalist . See SUPLEMENT . FORSTER , J. G. A. an eminent naturalist ...
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... feet broad and nearly as deep ; winding , for about 70 feet , with an easy serpentine direction , by which we gain an ascent over a steep rock otherwise quite inaccessi ble from that quarter . This road , in our author's opi- nion , is ...
... feet broad and nearly as deep ; winding , for about 70 feet , with an easy serpentine direction , by which we gain an ascent over a steep rock otherwise quite inaccessi ble from that quarter . This road , in our author's opi- nion , is ...
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... feet wide between them . This outward wall is in some places so low as to be almost level with the rock , though in other places it rises to the height of two or three feet ; but even where lowest , it may be traced by a line of ...
... feet wide between them . This outward wall is in some places so low as to be almost level with the rock , though in other places it rises to the height of two or three feet ; but even where lowest , it may be traced by a line of ...
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