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... miles was surveyed in that area , between nine hundred and a thousand miles of soundings were run , and over forty thousand casts of the lead taken . In July she visited Buenos Ayres for a week . September 25 , 1874 , she left ...
... miles was surveyed in that area , between nine hundred and a thousand miles of soundings were run , and over forty thousand casts of the lead taken . In July she visited Buenos Ayres for a week . September 25 , 1874 , she left ...
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... mile of it , while two reside at a distance of two miles . There is , moreover , no street - railroad within half a mile . I know of no Observatory in the world so difficult of access , in which quarters for the observers are not ...
... mile of it , while two reside at a distance of two miles . There is , moreover , no street - railroad within half a mile . I know of no Observatory in the world so difficult of access , in which quarters for the observers are not ...
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... miles per hour . With each screw eight experiments were made at the speeds , respectively , of 5 , 51 , 6 , 64 , 7 , 74 , 8 , and 8 geographical miles per hour , as nearly as could be obtained . Each experiment consisted of six runs ...
... miles per hour . With each screw eight experiments were made at the speeds , respectively , of 5 , 51 , 6 , 64 , 7 , 74 , 8 , and 8 geographical miles per hour , as nearly as could be obtained . Each experiment consisted of six runs ...
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... miles per hour . When the vessel was motionless in still water , the mercury in the two legs stood at the same level . The vessel's speed by this gauge in a calm and at dead high or low water , being frequently compared with its speed ...
... miles per hour . When the vessel was motionless in still water , the mercury in the two legs stood at the same level . The vessel's speed by this gauge in a calm and at dead high or low water , being frequently compared with its speed ...
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... miles of 6,086 feet per hour , increasing for each column of the tables by one - half a geographical mile per hour , commencing in column a with 5.0 geographical miles per hour , and ending in column h with 8.5 geographical miles . The ...
... miles of 6,086 feet per hour , increasing for each column of the tables by one - half a geographical mile per hour , commencing in column a with 5.0 geographical miles per hour , and ending in column h with 8.5 geographical miles . The ...
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