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Page 100
... 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- spread irrigation , which in 1970 was carried out on more than 5,000 square miles of the Ukraine's arid land , most- ly in the Steppe zone . Three other natural regions are located near the borders of the republic : the ...
... wide- spread irrigation , which in 1970 was carried out on more than 5,000 square miles of the Ukraine's arid land , most- ly in the Steppe zone . Three other natural regions are located near the borders of the republic : the ...
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