The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia (10 v.)Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1983 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Land areas warm and cool more rapidly than do water bodies . For that reason , cooler , denser air often flows from water to land ( sea or lake breeze ) during the day , and from land to water ( land breeze ) at night . Because the ...
... Land areas warm and cool more rapidly than do water bodies . For that reason , cooler , denser air often flows from water to land ( sea or lake breeze ) during the day , and from land to water ( land breeze ) at night . Because the ...
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... land - speed records 12 : 574e motorboat speed records 2 : 1171e Campbell , Douglas Houghton ( b . Dec. 16 , 1859 , Detroit - d . Feb. 24 , 1953 , Palo Alto , Douglas Campbell By courtesy of William R Taylor and the Hunt Institute ...
... land - speed records 12 : 574e motorboat speed records 2 : 1171e Campbell , Douglas Houghton ( b . Dec. 16 , 1859 , Detroit - d . Feb. 24 , 1953 , Palo Alto , Douglas Campbell By courtesy of William R Taylor and the Hunt Institute ...
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... land 12 mi ( 19 km ) southeast of Ennis . Clare abounds in prehistoric settlement , par- ticularly from the Neolithic and Bronze ages , including many megaliths and some 2,000 for- tified enclosures . There are many early Chris- tian ...
... land 12 mi ( 19 km ) southeast of Ennis . Clare abounds in prehistoric settlement , par- ticularly from the Neolithic and Bronze ages , including many megaliths and some 2,000 for- tified enclosures . There are many early Chris- tian ...
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