From the work of explorers in the north-west it had been possible to infer the approximate latitude of the northward termination of Greenland long before it was definitely known.
It was possible for him as a contemporary to record it with approximate accuracy.
Will you tell us the approximate date that you talked to him?
I placed the rifle in the approximate position based on prior knowledge of where the boxes were stacked and the elevation of the window and other information that was furnished to me by representatives of the Commission.
May it please the Commission, we will, with Mr. Frazier, indicate, the reasons he held the rifle in the way he did toapproximate the way we believe it was held at the time of the assassination.
I had to use a tripod because of the weight of the camera and placed the elevation of the rifle at an approximate height in a position as though the boxes were there.
The approximate reduction in velocity on passage through the goat was what, Doctor?
Yes; we had photographs of the boxes and we were advised, of the approximate position in the window and how far down the window was, the fact that some observers noted the rifle sticking out the window.
Inspector Gauthier, indicating, first of all, the approximate size of the cardboard?
Now, would that be the approximate loss in velocity of a pristine bullet passing through the Governor?
The skull, the cranial cavity, is filled with this and the surface is coated with a gelatin and then it is trimmed down to approximate the thickness of the tissues overlying the skull, the soft tissues of the head.
What time of the day, could you give me the approximate time?
And was Governor Connally's stand-in seated in the position where the point of exit would have been below the right nipple at the approximate point described by Governor Connally's doctors?
They approximate men to men, without their knowledge, and sometimes against their intentions.
It is impossible not to observe, that, in proportion as we approximate to the poisonous jaws of anarchy, the fascination grows irresistible.
We were informed on the 28th of the approximate positions of five of them,--three near Frederick and two near the base of South Mountain.
Other columns were ordered to approximate concentration, including Wharton's brigade from Bull's Gap, and Hodges's brigade coming from the Department of West Virginia.
At the present moment, while the armies under General von Mackensen are approaching the Przemysl fortress and the lower San, it is possible to form an approximate idea of the booty taken.
With a pen we can only approximate the appearance of the shifting grains at any one time.
This would reduce the making of a solution, sufficiently approximate to 1 per cent.
The rolling must not be carried too far, or the "working" of the rubber will approximate to a preliminary mastication, and the product will be weakened.
By such provisions the volunteer corps may be constantly kept full or may approximate the maximum number authorized and called into service in the first instance.
If such an extreme case is not likely to happen, cases that approximate it are of constant occurrence.
Now, not only may we be able to obtain other approximate generalizations respecting the degree of frequency of these various possibilities, but we may know which of them is positively realized in the individual case.
Though so little use can be made, in science, of approximate generalizations, except as a stage on the road to something better, for practical guidance they are often all we have to rely on.
This science of Ethology may be called the Exact Science of Human Nature; for its truths are not, like the empirical laws which depend on them, approximate generalizations, but real laws.
From the application of a single approximate generalization to individual cases, we proceed to the application of two or more of them together to the same case.
But when a second proposition of the approximate kind is introduced—or even when there is but one, if that one be the major premise—nothing can, in general, be positively concluded.
Beyond Green River, the enemy has masked his forces, and it is very difficult to ascertain even the approximate numbers.
I cannot well approximate our loss, which fell heavily on the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Corps, but count it as three thousand; I know that, being on the defensive, we have inflicted equally heavy loss on the enemy.
The approximate loss was upward of five hundred killed, but few of the officers escaping.
A day or two in Brussels sufficed to mature our plans for spending the time up to the approximate date of our return to Paris; and deciding to visit eastern Europe, we made Vienna our first objective, going there by way of Dresden.
But should any of my readers have ever approached Damascus from the side of the Anti-Lebanon, and surveyed the Ghootah from the heights above Mazzeh, they may thence form an approximate idea of the valley of Ri’ad when viewed from the north.
As remarked above, in feature and general appearance they approximate very closely to the Mongolian type; and this would seem to point to Tibet and China as the original home of the race.
Each specification is represented by a number of 4 digits, the first figure indicating the class, the second figure the approximate percentage of predominant alloying element, and the last two the average carbon content in points.
By locating on the chart the point on the horizontal axis which represents the hardness of the sample the curve enables one to determine the approximate amount of carbon present in the case.
Of the approximatedates of issue of some of the more pronounced shades of the 15 cent stamp it is possible to give an idea through the chronicles of various contemporary magazines which noted them.
It is easy to describe any given ogive which has been based upon measurements, so that it may be drawn from the description with approximate truth.
The tests show the sensitivity at the time they are made, and give an approximate measure of the discrimination with which the operatee habitually employs his senses.
The reason why the maximum rate should be the one sought for is because this is the rate which must most nearly approximate the natural rate of contraction-waves in the unmutilated animal.
The following shows the approximate quantity of nutrients shown in the two quantities: In 1 quart of milk [Footnote 52: By permission Journal of Home Economics, Vol.
Determine the approximate number of wafers in a pound.
The amateur should, however, train her eye to approximate measurements.
Also, the approximate distance from the nearest large land mass and the area in square miles are given.
As to the approximate date and the manner in which the peach reached Greece, there is now common accord among those who may be considered authorities on the history of fruits.
