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measure its dimensions correctly or note
But as everything about the canon is built on such a grand scale and the eyes not being accustomed to such sights it is impossible to comprehend it--to measure its dimensions correctly or note every detail of form and color at the first glance.
— from Arizona Sketches by J. A. (Joseph Amasa) Munk

mostly in detached cavities of no
He found a plenty of these spots, mostly in detached cavities of no great extent, where the crust had not yet formed; or, having once formed, had been disturbed by the action of the elements.
— from The Crater; Or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific by James Fenimore Cooper

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