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... wide colour range , can be made in large size with a very wide useful field , and is fast ( has a small f - number ) . The mirror is normally made substantially larger than the correcting plate so that off - axis rays will not miss the ...
... wide colour range , can be made in large size with a very wide useful field , and is fast ( has a small f - number ) . The mirror is normally made substantially larger than the correcting plate so that off - axis rays will not miss the ...
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... wide . This is testimony to the extraordi- nary comprehension of the sense of sight . Hearing is comparatively crude . The ear is satisfied by impulses that can be carried over a channel only 10,000 cycles wide . In the United States ...
... wide . This is testimony to the extraordi- nary comprehension of the sense of sight . Hearing is comparatively crude . The ear is satisfied by impulses that can be carried over a channel only 10,000 cycles wide . In the United States ...
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... wide trunk ; the branches contain as much as 80 percent water and very little wood tissue . From its base radiates a circle of rootlike outgrowths wide enough for a man to sit upon . The traveller's tree of Madagascar ( Ravenala madagas ...
... wide trunk ; the branches contain as much as 80 percent water and very little wood tissue . From its base radiates a circle of rootlike outgrowths wide enough for a man to sit upon . The traveller's tree of Madagascar ( Ravenala madagas ...
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