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... east and so high - tide occurs at 3 a.m. 24 hours and 45 minutes later the moon is again in the north - east , but the sun will be a " quarter point " further east , i.e. north - east by east2 , and so high - tide will occur at 3.45 ...
... east and so high - tide occurs at 3 a.m. 24 hours and 45 minutes later the moon is again in the north - east , but the sun will be a " quarter point " further east , i.e. north - east by east2 , and so high - tide will occur at 3.45 ...
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... east by north , three - eighths , and when in the east , half ebb ; therefore the mariners say " east and west , half ebb . " Item . Because the moon in every twenty - four hours ( or one natural day ) after its conjunction recedes from ...
... east by north , three - eighths , and when in the east , half ebb ; therefore the mariners say " east and west , half ebb . " Item . Because the moon in every twenty - four hours ( or one natural day ) after its conjunction recedes from ...
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... east of this kingdom of Beny in the interior we know of a land which in our time has a king called Licosaguou3 ; he ... east to west , it measures about a hundred ( Dutch ) miles . " Barbot , writing later , in 1732 , says : " its extent ...
... east of this kingdom of Beny in the interior we know of a land which in our time has a king called Licosaguou3 ; he ... east to west , it measures about a hundred ( Dutch ) miles . " Barbot , writing later , in 1732 , says : " its extent ...
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