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... less than unity , as happens when light is refracted as it passes from glass into air , the refracted ray grazes the surface if sin 0 , = n12 , 9 , being the angle of incidence in the glass . At angles of incidence greater than this ...
... less than unity , as happens when light is refracted as it passes from glass into air , the refracted ray grazes the surface if sin 0 , = n12 , 9 , being the angle of incidence in the glass . At angles of incidence greater than this ...
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... less on morality than on mere good manners , propriety , or adjustment to the prevailing social code . It may empha- size nationalist or patriotic motives , as in Edmondo De Amicis ' post - Risorgimento Cuore ( The Heart of a Child ) or ...
... less on morality than on mere good manners , propriety , or adjustment to the prevailing social code . It may empha- size nationalist or patriotic motives , as in Edmondo De Amicis ' post - Risorgimento Cuore ( The Heart of a Child ) or ...
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... less initiative and intelligence to collect food than do the meat - eating , hunting carnivores , but digestion is more difficult . Advanced artiodactyls have evolved the ability to bolt food and to ruminate it ( chew it more thoroughly ) ...
... less initiative and intelligence to collect food than do the meat - eating , hunting carnivores , but digestion is more difficult . Advanced artiodactyls have evolved the ability to bolt food and to ruminate it ( chew it more thoroughly ) ...
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