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It is of the first practical importance that the unit of length should be a fixed , unalterable , exact , and easily ascertained quantity . The Earth's meridian has none of these qualities . It is not fixed , because the Earth slowly ...
It is of the first practical importance that the unit of length should be a fixed , unalterable , exact , and easily ascertained quantity . The Earth's meridian has none of these qualities . It is not fixed , because the Earth slowly ...
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... both of which Powers supported the idea of the universal ' guarantee ' for practical purposes of their own ; Prussia , because she trembled for the safety of her newly acquired Rhine provinces ; Austria , because Metternich saw in ...
... both of which Powers supported the idea of the universal ' guarantee ' for practical purposes of their own ; Prussia , because she trembled for the safety of her newly acquired Rhine provinces ; Austria , because Metternich saw in ...
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Our countrymen have hitherto not done their duty by the theory of war : the practical English mind has tended in the past to regard war as so much an affair of application that the theory upon which all ...
Our countrymen have hitherto not done their duty by the theory of war : the practical English mind has tended in the past to regard war as so much an affair of application that the theory upon which all ...
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1 The Science of War By the late Colonel G F | 1 |
Constable and Co 1908 | 31 |
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