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Page 759
... usually below -25 ° C. The cirrostratus shield usually has an irregular texture so that only frag- ments of the halo are seen , but sometimes the cloud is very thin and diffuse , perhaps only a milky film over the blue sky ; then the ...
... usually below -25 ° C. The cirrostratus shield usually has an irregular texture so that only frag- ments of the halo are seen , but sometimes the cloud is very thin and diffuse , perhaps only a milky film over the blue sky ; then the ...
Page 834
... Usually dark , shiny , flattened ; larvae and adults predatory ; Calosoma feed on cat- erpillars ; Brachinus , bombardier beetles , eject fluid from anus ; about 20,000 species ; worldwide distribution . Family Trachypachidae . A few ...
... Usually dark , shiny , flattened ; larvae and adults predatory ; Calosoma feed on cat- erpillars ; Brachinus , bombardier beetles , eject fluid from anus ; about 20,000 species ; worldwide distribution . Family Trachypachidae . A few ...
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... usually slightly redder than that of solar light . The continuum usually comes from a rather sharply bounded region with an angular diameter of a few sec- onds of arc , or a linear diameter of 500 to 10,000 kilo- metres ( 300 to 6,000 ...
... usually slightly redder than that of solar light . The continuum usually comes from a rather sharply bounded region with an angular diameter of a few sec- onds of arc , or a linear diameter of 500 to 10,000 kilo- metres ( 300 to 6,000 ...
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