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Equisetites columnaris, a common fossil in the Jurassic plant-beds of the Yorkshire coast, represents another type with relatively stout and occasionally branched vegetative shoots, bearing leaf-sheaths very like those of Equisetum maximum and other Horsetails.

Both dawns had a maximum illuminance of 275 lux.

If you think you will simply be shooting footage and then storing it on CDs or on your hard drive, with a minimum amount of editing, then you may want to go with a less elaborate, and less expensive digital camcorder.

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In ancient Egypt, cats and dogs were mummified because they were believed to have an afterlife, and Egyptian Gods had animal heads.

The heat equator, or line of maximum mean surface temperature, starts from the African coast in about 5° N.

- Aegina passed with the rest of Greece under the successive dominations of Macedon, the Aetolians, Attalus of Pergamum and Rome.

The frequency of beats giving maximum dissonance rises as we rise higher in the musical scale, and falls as we descend.

on straight lines, radiating from the business centre or point of maximum congestion of travel to the outer limits of the city; and, while not attempting to serve all the population through the agency of the line, make an effort to serve a portion in the best possible manner - that is, with direct transit.

Synonyms:

uncommunicative, silent, incommunicative,

Antonyms:

articulate, voluble, child, communicative,