The Encyclopedia Americana: The International Reference Work, Volume 7Americana Corporation, 1955 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... periods . Classical Period , 500 B.C. to 500 A.D. - In Europe , India , and China , during a time span of approximately one thousand years , roughly from 500 B.C. to 500 A.D. ( and a little later in the Middle East ) , substantial ...
... periods . Classical Period , 500 B.C. to 500 A.D. - In Europe , India , and China , during a time span of approximately one thousand years , roughly from 500 B.C. to 500 A.D. ( and a little later in the Middle East ) , substantial ...
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... period of about 250,000 years . According to the theory just stated , the shorter stages of glacial advance within each of the four main periods of glaciations were associated with the periods when the earth's axis was most nearly ...
... period of about 250,000 years . According to the theory just stated , the shorter stages of glacial advance within each of the four main periods of glaciations were associated with the periods when the earth's axis was most nearly ...
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... period computed . When a comet , either coming toward or going from the Sun , nears a large planet , according to their relative positions its speed may be either increased or lessened . In the first case , its period is made longer and ...
... period computed . When a comet , either coming toward or going from the Sun , nears a large planet , according to their relative positions its speed may be either increased or lessened . In the first case , its period is made longer and ...
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