jacob's staff in English

noun
1
a rod with a sliding cursor formerly used for measuring distances and heights, especially in navigation.
In January 1472 he made observations of a comet, using his Jacob's staff , which were accurate enough to allow it to be identified with Halley's comet 210 years (and three returns of the 70 year period comet) later.

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1. De Wiest criticized Jacob's derivation and exposition.

2. 14 Verily, Jacob's Mouse are squeaky clean.

3. Common Names: Asphodel, Jacob's Rod, King's Spear Family: Asphodelaceae

4. At Jacob's tenement apartment, several creatures escape from Newt's suitcase.

5. But you and the rest of Jacob's little " candidates " absolutely are.

6. Yellow toadflax, Butter and eggs, wild snapdragon, common toadflax, ramsted, flaxweed, Jacob's ladder

7. Hated that slim body with its perfect skin which always nestled into Jacob's embrace.

8. Asher the man was Jacob's son number eight and his second one with Zilpah (Genesis 30:12-13).

9. At 14 he was apprenticed to his father, the village apothecary at Anthony St Jacob's.

10. The visual influx amplified by Jacob's brain will be sent back to Arthur's eye in a loop.

11. Edward's vampire family and Jacob's werewolf pack join forces to successfully destroy Victoria and her vampire army.

12. Asher was the eighth son of Jacob, and the second of Jacob's two sons by Zilpah, Leah's maid

13. Hebrew for "happy" or "blessed." In the Bible, Asher is one of Jacob's sons

14. Saladin immediately took advantage of his victory by destroying the newly built Le Chastellet stronghold at the Battle of Jacob's Ford.

15. It seemed to take for ever to get up that face, like climbing the rungs of Jacob's ladder.

16. Jacob's strictures served as a reminder that neat and tidy land use arrangements may have been over-emphasized.

17. + 13 (15) other staff (auxiliary contracts, seconded national experts, local staff, 12 agency staff)

18. Ankh may refer to: The hieroglyph The ankh necklace of Paul The statue of Tawaret, carrying two Ankhs Jacob's ankh

19. Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob's sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor.

20. Contract staff, seconded national experts and agency staff

21. Polemonium caeruleum Brise d'Anjou (Jacob's Ladder) is an erect, a clump-forming perennial prized for its clean variegated leaves of bright green and creamy-white

22. With staff.

23. expenditure on temporary staff (contract staff, national experts, auxiliaries, agency staff) up to the sum of EUR

24. My staff!

25. Staff advances