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Page 73
... length , and can kill a large animal by a single shock from the electric organ which is situated in its tail . - Also , a group of Barnacles in which the body is maggot - shaped Apocynum cannabinum . and consists of eleven rings . The ...
... length , and can kill a large animal by a single shock from the electric organ which is situated in its tail . - Also , a group of Barnacles in which the body is maggot - shaped Apocynum cannabinum . and consists of eleven rings . The ...
Page 78
... length in crossing the valley of the Gard of 882 ft . The channel resting on these arches is 4 ft . broad , 7 ft . high , roofed over with thick stone slabs , and still covered within with the Roman cement which was used to line all ...
... length in crossing the valley of the Gard of 882 ft . The channel resting on these arches is 4 ft . broad , 7 ft . high , roofed over with thick stone slabs , and still covered within with the Roman cement which was used to line all ...
Page 80
... length ab . 1,300 m . Aral Sea . Large lake or inland sea of w . Turkistan or Russian Asia . It receives the waters of numerous streams , including the Oxus , but has no outlet , and its water is salt . Length 300 m . , breadth 100 to ...
... length ab . 1,300 m . Aral Sea . Large lake or inland sea of w . Turkistan or Russian Asia . It receives the waters of numerous streams , including the Oxus , but has no outlet , and its water is salt . Length 300 m . , breadth 100 to ...
Page 84
... length , equal to 28 in . Archinephric Duct . Segmental duct of the pronephros or " head kidney " of vertebrate embryos . It splits into a dorsal Wolffian duct and a ventral Müllerian duct . See SEGMENTAL DUCT . Archinephros . Primitive ...
... length , equal to 28 in . Archinephric Duct . Segmental duct of the pronephros or " head kidney " of vertebrate embryos . It splits into a dorsal Wolffian duct and a ventral Müllerian duct . See SEGMENTAL DUCT . Archinephros . Primitive ...
Page 87
... length of the arc constant . It may be also necessary , as in the case of focusing lamps , for the regulator to perform a third function ; viz . , that of keeping the are constant in position . Moreover , lamps must be capable of ...
... length of the arc constant . It may be also necessary , as in the case of focusing lamps , for the regulator to perform a third function ; viz . , that of keeping the are constant in position . Moreover , lamps must be capable of ...
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