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... distinct from the Chinese written idiom ; and we may also add , that the oral medium of all the dialects spoken in China is very distinct from the language of books . This applies to all dialects , the Mandarin included , though the ...
... distinct from the Chinese written idiom ; and we may also add , that the oral medium of all the dialects spoken in China is very distinct from the language of books . This applies to all dialects , the Mandarin included , though the ...
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... distinct co- lumns , will be immediately seen . The most powerful of the interior strains of this class must be due to those blows of the hydraulic ram which occur , both on the first letting on of the water , and RUPTURE OF THE VESSELS ...
... distinct co- lumns , will be immediately seen . The most powerful of the interior strains of this class must be due to those blows of the hydraulic ram which occur , both on the first letting on of the water , and RUPTURE OF THE VESSELS ...
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... distinct subjects of inquiry present themselves . I. A remarkable oscillation of the barometer . II . A sudden depression of the thermometer . III . Rain - amount - with time of beginning and end . IV . Wind - its duration and velocity ...
... distinct subjects of inquiry present themselves . I. A remarkable oscillation of the barometer . II . A sudden depression of the thermometer . III . Rain - amount - with time of beginning and end . IV . Wind - its duration and velocity ...
Página 145
... same amount . A bare inspection of this chart is sufficient to show that there were , at this pe- riod , two distinct oscillations travelling in nearly opposite directions VII . - 2 M ABOUT THE 20TH OF DECEMBER , 1836 . 145.
... same amount . A bare inspection of this chart is sufficient to show that there were , at this pe- riod , two distinct oscillations travelling in nearly opposite directions VII . - 2 M ABOUT THE 20TH OF DECEMBER , 1836 . 145.
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... distinct waves . If further confirmation were needed , it may be found in the course of the winds , which exhibited very different movements in Europe from what they did in the United States . As , however , I have not proposed to enter ...
... distinct waves . If further confirmation were needed , it may be found in the course of the winds , which exhibited very different movements in Europe from what they did in the United States . As , however , I have not proposed to enter ...
Términos y frases comunes
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