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... four tones , or accents , by which the Chinese , in speaking , distinguish their homophonous words . These , probably , are not much attended to out of China , or are differ- ently expressed . Though their words are Chinese , their ...
... four tones , or accents , by which the Chinese , in speaking , distinguish their homophonous words . These , probably , are not much attended to out of China , or are differ- ently expressed . Though their words are Chinese , their ...
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... four inches above the floor . It has a slope of one inch to the foot , and descends about six feet below the surface of the earth . It is entirely detached from the building , and the floor is no where in contact with it . The openings ...
... four inches above the floor . It has a slope of one inch to the foot , and descends about six feet below the surface of the earth . It is entirely detached from the building , and the floor is no where in contact with it . The openings ...
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... four seconds . At such times I note the instants of the star's disappearance , and of its reappear- ance ; the mean I consider the instant of the star's passage over that wire . At other times I note the two instants when the star makes ...
... four seconds . At such times I note the instants of the star's disappearance , and of its reappear- ance ; the mean I consider the instant of the star's passage over that wire . At other times I note the two instants when the star makes ...
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... four 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 ...
... four 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 ...
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... four days from St. Johns , the range would be in latitude 32 ° , 0.11 inch ; and in latitude 47 ° , 0.22 inch , a fluctuation too small to be traced with confidence . At the rate with which the wave travelled from Hali- fax to St. Johns ...
... four days from St. Johns , the range would be in latitude 32 ° , 0.11 inch ; and in latitude 47 ° , 0.22 inch , a fluctuation too small to be traced with confidence . At the rate with which the wave travelled from Hali- fax to St. Johns ...
Términos y frases comunes
66 Mean achenia achenium acuminate acute alveolate amplexicaule attenuated awns base branches canescently capituli Capitulum Capitulum many-flowered Chinese ciliate clusters corymb corymbose DECAND discal florets disk double star entire exserted fastigiate few-flowered filiform five five-toothed flowers foot high function genus glandular herbaceous heterogamous hirsute horizontal intensity imbricated inches high inches long inner involucrum lanceolate lanuginous Latitude leafy leaves linear length line wide linear-lanceolate linear-oblong London margin membranaceous meteors minute narrow Nearly allied nearly smooth nebula Needle nitric oxide numerous NUTT oblong obtuse one-flowered Oregon ovate paleaceous paleæ panicle pappus Paris pedicels peduncles petiolate Philadelphia pilose pinnatifid plant poles reversed preceding pubescent radical leaves rain rays Receptacle naked Remarks right ascension Rocky Mountains scabrous scales scape scarcely segments sepals serrate sessile short shorter slender species specimens stars stem leaves Stigmas summit terminal three-nerved three-toothed tomentose trifid twelve Upper California villous wind yellow
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