P & O
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S P O R T In Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, California and elsewhere, sportsmen who hunt with bow & arrow have long had their own game preserves, where no guns are allowed.
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It is clear that if the earth is rotating about P O P' in the direction shown by the arrow, the rod a b is being shifted round, precisely as in the case first considered.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various
P: O thou enveloped in thy cloak, S: O you who are clothed!
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
P: O mankind! if ye are in doubt concerning the Resurrection, then lo!
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Now, let P O P' represent the polar axis of the earth; a b a horizontal rod at the pole bearing a pendulum, as in Fig.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various
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