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PRIME VERTICAL

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 338 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

PRIME See also:
VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)
VERTICAL , in See also:

ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, the See also:

VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)

vertical circle passing See also:

east and See also:

west through the See also:

ZENITH (from the Arabic)

zenith, and intersecting the See also:

HORIZON (Gr. 6pfTwv, dividing)

horizon in its east and west points (see ASTRONOMY) .

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