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    In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Mars (Latin: Mārs, pronounced [maːrs]) is the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic...
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  • Planet symbols (redirect from Mars symbol)
    traditional symbols and IAU abbreviations are: The symbols of Venus and Mars are also used to represent female and male in biology following a convention...
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    observations, coupled with the fact that Mars has a 24-hour day, led astronomer William Herschel to declare in 1784 that Mars probably offered its inhabitants...
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    The atmosphere of Mars is the layer of gases surrounding Mars. It is primarily composed of carbon dioxide (95%), molecular nitrogen (2.85%), and argon...
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    the Martian atmosphere in his 1784 paper entitled On the remarkable appearances at the polar regions on the planet Mars, the inclination of its axis,...
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  • Halifax, Nova Scotia. The third HMS Mars (1759) was a 74-gun third rate, launched in 1759 and sold in 1784. The fourth Mars was a 32-gun fifth rate, originally...
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  • "Danish Third Rate ship of the line 'Mars' (1784)". Threedecks. Retrieved 14 October 2021. "Dutch cutter 'Panter' (1784)". Threedecks. Retrieved 14 October...
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  • Eustatia. The Navy took her into service as HMS Mars, but sold her on 25 March 1784. Richard Bush purchased Mars, retained her name, and had her fitted as an...
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  • broad pennant of Commodore James Young. From 1778, Mars was on harbour service, and was broken up in 1784. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p176. Lavery,...
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    wife. Jupiter Mars fought in the American Revolution. James's sister, Elizabeth, would spend 34 years as a missionary in Liberia. In 1784, Connecticut...
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    Lovisa Augusta /1782) Kronprinds Frederik (1784), lost to the British at the Battle of Copenhagen (1807) Mars (1784), lost to the British at the Battle of...
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    successful balloon flight in Paris on 2 March 1784, in a hydrogen gas balloon launched from the Champ de Mars. The first successful manned balloon flight...
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    The history of Mars observation is about the recorded history of observation of the planet Mars. Some of the early records of Mars' observation date back...
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  • in the early 20th century. Another symbol, , was suggested by Lalande in 1784. In a letter to Herschel, Lalande described it as "un globe surmonté par...
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    definition of the term: the terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and the giant planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The best available...
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    3 mars 1855, page 265. The Canada Gazette, 3 mars 1855, page 263 ; The Canada Gazette, 10 mars 1855, pages 293–294 ; The Canada Gazette, 17 mars 1855...
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    languages. Jones also founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Calcutta in 1784 and continued to expand his knowledge of Eastern languages, particularly...
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    June 2010). "Geologic history of Mars". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Mars Express after 6 Years in Orbit: Mars Geology from Three-Dimensional Mapping...
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  • Earl Tylney (1712-1784) Charlotte Charke (1713-1760) Horace Walpole (1717-1797) Caroline Stanhope, Countess of Harrington (1722-1784) Edward Onslow (1758-1829)...
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    spacecraft to land on another planet, Venus. In 1971, Mars 3 became the first spacecraft to land on Mars.: 34–60  During the same period, Lunokhod 1 became...
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  • (seasons 2 and 3) January 27: Come and Hug Me January 29: Dirty Linen and Mars Ravelo's Darna: The TV Series (2022) February 5: F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers...
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    is located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, southeast of the Champ de Mars. The building, constructed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, is an active military...
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  • A Man of Nootka Sound (1778), A Woman of Oonalashka (1784), A Woman of Prince William Sound (1784), and A Man of Van Diemen's Land (1777). Webber accompanied...
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    1783 Abbottstown Borough Adams 1,010 0.6 1823.1 1784 Hulmeville borough Bucks 1,009 0.4 2705.1 1784 Fairfield Township Crawford 1,009 19.3 52.2 1786...
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  • 74-gun third rate launched in 1759 and sold in 1784. HMS Hercule was a 74-gun third rate captured by HMS Mars in 1798 and broken up in 1810. HMS Hercules (1815)...
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    rotational speed of a physical plant. Maxwell's solution echoed James Watt's (1784) centrifugal moderator (denoted as element Q) for maintaining (but not enforcing)...
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    human civilization was done by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier. On 27 April 1784, Pierre Beaumarchais's play The Marriage of Figaro premiered in Paris. Initially...
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  • 1783 A Wizard of Earthsea: Part 3 Ursula K. Le Guin Edward Fox 27-Nov-74 1784 A Wizard of Earthsea: Part 4 Ursula K. Le Guin Edward Fox 28-Nov-74 1785...
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    first British "74". Broken up 1784 Norfolk 74 (1757) – broken up 1774 Lenox 74 (1758) – scuttled 1784 Mars 74 (1759) – sold 1784 Shrewsbury 74 (1758) – condemned...
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    statesman who in 1791 was elected president of the National Assembly. In July 1784, Franklin met with Mirabeau and contributed anonymous materials that the...
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