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... Cretan scribe . French Royal Greek type writing model 3 : 652b ; illus . verge escapement , also called CROWN WHEEL ESCAPEMENT , a mechanism consisting of a crown wheel and a weighted bar , used for regulating clocks . timekeeping ...
... Cretan scribe . French Royal Greek type writing model 3 : 652b ; illus . verge escapement , also called CROWN WHEEL ESCAPEMENT , a mechanism consisting of a crown wheel and a weighted bar , used for regulating clocks . timekeeping ...
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... Cretan Cronus , king of the Titans ( the offspring of myth that was later adopted by the Greeks , Heaven [ Uranus ] and Earth [ Ge ] ) , upon learn- ing that one of his children was fated to de- throne him , swallowed them as soon as ...
... Cretan Cronus , king of the Titans ( the offspring of myth that was later adopted by the Greeks , Heaven [ Uranus ] and Earth [ Ge ] ) , upon learn- ing that one of his children was fated to de- throne him , swallowed them as soon as ...
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... Cretan myth that was later adopted by the Greeks , Cronus , king of the Titans ( the offspring of Heaven [ Uranus ] and Earth [ Ge ] ) , upon learn- ing that one of his children was fated to de- throne him , swallowed them as soon as ...
... Cretan myth that was later adopted by the Greeks , Cronus , king of the Titans ( the offspring of Heaven [ Uranus ] and Earth [ Ge ] ) , upon learn- ing that one of his children was fated to de- throne him , swallowed them as soon as ...
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