XX Century Cyclopaedia and Atlas: Biography, History, Art, Science and Gazeteer of the World, Том 4Gebbie & Company, 1901 |
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... lower or main ladder is a kind of trough made of stout sail - cloth , protected by an outer trough of copper wire net . This trough is used for lowering people from a burning house who are unable from fear or other causes to descend the ...
... lower or main ladder is a kind of trough made of stout sail - cloth , protected by an outer trough of copper wire net . This trough is used for lowering people from a burning house who are unable from fear or other causes to descend the ...
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... lower or strike the flag is to pull it down , or take it in , out of respect or submission to superiors . To lower or strike the flag in an engagement is a sign of yielding . A sign of mourning is to hoist the flags at a half or two ...
... lower or strike the flag is to pull it down , or take it in , out of respect or submission to superiors . To lower or strike the flag in an engagement is a sign of yielding . A sign of mourning is to hoist the flags at a half or two ...
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... lower or depress , by the degree of a semi- tone , any note in the natural scale . It is marked thus h . An accidental flat is one which does not occur in the signature , and which affects only the bar in which it is placed . Flat ...
... lower or depress , by the degree of a semi- tone , any note in the natural scale . It is marked thus h . An accidental flat is one which does not occur in the signature , and which affects only the bar in which it is placed . Flat ...
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... lower surface of the other being visible at the same time . These portions are reversed when the wing is drawn back and towards the body , before beginning another stroke ; but it will be ob- served that during retraction the wing is ...
... lower surface of the other being visible at the same time . These portions are reversed when the wing is drawn back and towards the body , before beginning another stroke ; but it will be ob- served that during retraction the wing is ...
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... lower extremity of the leg ; the part of the leg which treads the Skeleton of the Human Foot . a a to bb , Tarsus . bb to ce , Metatarsus . ce to d , Pha- langes . 1 , Os calcis , calcaneum , or heel - bone . 2 , Astra- galus . 3 ...
... lower extremity of the leg ; the part of the leg which treads the Skeleton of the Human Foot . a a to bb , Tarsus . bb to ce , Metatarsus . ce to d , Pha- langes . 1 , Os calcis , calcaneum , or heel - bone . 2 , Astra- galus . 3 ...
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