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  • 71Surveyor — may refer to:In professions: * Surveying is the process of determining positions on the earth s surface * Cadastral surveying is the process of establishing boundary locations * Mining surveying is surveying related to open cut and underground… …

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  • 72List of Chinese inventions — A bronze Chinese crossbow mechanism with a buttplate (the wooden components have …

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  • 73Himalayas — Himalayan, adj. /him euh lay euhz, hi mahl yeuhz/, n. the, a mountain range extending about 1500 mi. (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 ft. (8848 m). Also called the Himalaya, Himalaya Mountains …

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  • 74corner — index edge (border), monopolize, perplex, plight, predicament, stand (witness place in court) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C …

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  • 75level — noun 1》 a horizontal plane or line with respect to the distance above or below a given point. 2》 a height or distance from the ground or another base.     ↘a floor within a multi storey building. 3》 a position or stage on a scale of quantity,… …

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  • 76History of algebra — Elementary algebra is the branch of mathematics that deals with solving for the operands of arithmetic equations. Modern or abstract algebra has its origins as an abstraction of elementary algebra. Historians know that the earliest mathematical… …

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  • 77Greek arithmetic, geometry and harmonics: Thales to Plato — Ian Mueller INTRODUCTION: PROCLUS’ HISTORY OF GEOMETRY In a famous passage in Book VII of the Republic starting at Socrates proposes to inquire about the studies (mathēmata) needed to train the young people who will become leaders of the ideal… …

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  • 78Boston and Lowell Railroad — Infobox SG rail railroad name=Boston and Lowell Railroad system map size=300 map caption=Map of the Southern Division as it was in 1887, just before it was leased by the Boston and Maine Railroad, including the original Boston to Lowell mainline …

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  • 79Edward Wright (mathematician) — For the 20th century mathematician, see Edward Maitland Wright. Edward Wright Title page of the first edition of Wright s Certaine Errors in Navigation (1599) …

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  • 80arctic — arctically, adv. /ahrk tik/ or, esp. for 7, /ahr tik/, adj. 1. (often cap.) of, pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole: the arctic region. 2. coming from the North Pole or the arctic region: an arctic wind. 3. characteristic of the… …

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