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United States

MVP seed record for the American Cyclopaedia United States article. It is included to test historical comparison against later Americana and Britannica records.

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United States

MVP seed record for the Americana 1920 United States article. This article will eventually be one of the best comparison tests because an American encyclopedia has different emphasis than British sources.

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United States

UNITED STATES, THE, the short title usually given to the great federal republic which had its origin in the revolt of the British colonies in North America, when, in the Declaration of Independence, they described themselves as " The Thirteen United States of ...

Vol. 27, pp. 612-735 · ocr-imported-page-aligned

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Astronomy

... nt of use are the transit instrument andthe meridian circle, which are commonly united in a single instrument, the transit circle (q.v.), known also as the meridian circle. This instrument moves only in the plane of the meridian on a horizontal east and west a ...

Vol. 2, pp. 800-818 · ocr-imported-page-aligned

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Electricity

... city of different bodies with those of conducting spheres of known diameter and states these capacities in " globular inches," a globular inch being the capacity of a sphere i in. in diameter. Hence his measurements are all directly comparable with modern elec ...

Vol. 9, pp. 179-192 · ocr-imported-page-aligned

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Telegraph

... r possesses overis of especial value in moist climates (like that of ground the United Kingdom), since the effect of leakage over Uae*' the surface of the damp insulators is much less noticeable when the conducting power of the wire is high than when it is low ...

Vol. 26, pp. 510-540 · ocr-imported-page-aligned

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