Determining the direction in which to face another location on the globe is a problem with significant social and religious meaning, and one with a rich and interesting history in the Western world. Yet a fully satisfying geographic solution to this problem is hindered by our intuitive perception...
aFrequently the person who is ill can be cared for at home if there is someone capable of looking 76 him under the doctor’s direction. Sometimes arrangements can 77 for a visiting nurse to give the necessary treatment once a day, or oftener, if necessary .The responsible one in the home...
a这是我仅有的自卑的事情 This is a matter which I only have feel inferior[translate] aBin Laden's religious zeal was colored by the fact that his family had made its vast fortune as the principal contractor renovating the holy sites of Mecca and Medina, 事实上色本・拉登的宗教热忱他的家庭...
asuch flow is called laminar or streamline and is characterized by the absence of bulk movement at right angles to the main stream direction,though a small amount of radial dispersion accur as a result of diffusion 这样流程称层流或流畅和描绘为缺乏大块运动直角到主要小河方向,虽则一小量的辐形分散...
enjoying the reputation of "Snow Mecca". Take a tourist train from Harbin to the terminal (Yabuli South Station); or change from Yabuli Railway Station to a special train for ski resorts (there is only one train every morning); or take a bus from Harbin Longyun or Daowai Bus Station to...
Let your eyes always look toward this Temple night and day, toward the location where you have said 'My name will reside there.' Listen to the prayer that your servant prays in this direction.Majority Standard BibleMay Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place ...
This direction is calculated in relation to a path on which the heading is constant, called a loxodrome or rhumb line, and the geodesic, the shortest path connecting a given pair of points on a spheroid. The loxodromes and the geodesic paths between Allentown and Jerusalem or Mecca are ...
The direction of Mecca from any point on the globe is determined by a compass around which the principal places are inscribed. An attached plate enables the required direction to be traced on it for reference. A support plate (2) provides support for a magnetic compass (3) around which are...