The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1985 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS OVER LAND AND SEA LAND REFLECTS MORE LIGHT AND ABSORBS LESS WHEN SUN IS OVERHEAD , PROVIDED THE GROUND IS NOT COVERED WITH SNOW HEAT DOES NOT PENETRATE DEEPLY BUT REMAINS CONCENTRATED AT THE SURFACE .
TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS OVER LAND AND SEA LAND REFLECTS MORE LIGHT AND ABSORBS LESS WHEN SUN IS OVERHEAD , PROVIDED THE GROUND IS NOT COVERED WITH SNOW HEAT DOES NOT PENETRATE DEEPLY BUT REMAINS CONCENTRATED AT THE SURFACE .
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But the poorest white held one distinct advantage over the less fortunate blacks - no bur- den of racial prejudice prevented him from im- proving his lot in life . At the other extreme were the wealthy planters , merchants , and ...
But the poorest white held one distinct advantage over the less fortunate blacks - no bur- den of racial prejudice prevented him from im- proving his lot in life . At the other extreme were the wealthy planters , merchants , and ...
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COMET MOUNT WILSON AND PALOMAR OBSERVATORIES COMET , kom'ǝt , an astronomical body of small mass , moving about the sun in a more or less elongated orbit . When it is sufficiently close to the sun , the main mass , or nucleus , of a ...
COMET MOUNT WILSON AND PALOMAR OBSERVATORIES COMET , kom'ǝt , an astronomical body of small mass , moving about the sun in a more or less elongated orbit . When it is sufficiently close to the sun , the main mass , or nucleus , of a ...
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