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... round with a cord , fastened to the yards of a ship , to make it drive before the wind . Every yard in a ship has its proper sail , except the cross- jack , which takes its name from the yard : and those which are not bent to the yard ...
... round with a cord , fastened to the yards of a ship , to make it drive before the wind . Every yard in a ship has its proper sail , except the cross- jack , which takes its name from the yard : and those which are not bent to the yard ...
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... round in a curious manuer , and long ; narrow , spear - shaped , serrated , smooth leaves . This curious wil- low is a native of the East . All the species of Salix are of the tree kind , very hardy , remarkably fast growers , and ...
... round in a curious manuer , and long ; narrow , spear - shaped , serrated , smooth leaves . This curious wil- low is a native of the East . All the species of Salix are of the tree kind , very hardy , remarkably fast growers , and ...
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... round the other planets , as the Moon does round the Earth . They are so called because they al- ways attend them , and make the tour about the Sun together with them . The words moon and satellite are sometimes used indifferent ly ...
... round the other planets , as the Moon does round the Earth . They are so called because they al- ways attend them , and make the tour about the Sun together with them . The words moon and satellite are sometimes used indifferent ly ...
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... round spot . And lastly , when the satellite comes into a line between Jupiter and us , it is said to transit the disc of the planet , upon which it appears as a round black spot . The periods or revolutions of Jupiter's satellites ...
... round spot . And lastly , when the satellite comes into a line between Jupiter and us , it is said to transit the disc of the planet , upon which it appears as a round black spot . The periods or revolutions of Jupiter's satellites ...
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... round it , as its centre . Dr. Halley , in the Philosophical Transactions , gives a correc- tion of the theory of the motions of the fourth or Huygenian satellite . Its true period he makes 11d 22h 41 ' 6 " . The periodical revolutions ...
... round it , as its centre . Dr. Halley , in the Philosophical Transactions , gives a correc- tion of the theory of the motions of the fourth or Huygenian satellite . Its true period he makes 11d 22h 41 ' 6 " . The periodical revolutions ...
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