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atlas folio
Atlas At"las, n.; pl. Atlases. [L. Atlas, -antis, Gr. ?, ?, one of the older family of gods, who bears up the pillars of heaven; also Mt. Atlas, in W. Africa, regarded as the pillar of heaven. It is from the root of ? to bear. See Tolerate.] 1. One who sustains a great burden. 2. (Anat.) The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name. 3. A collection of maps in a volume; Note: supposed to be so called from a picture of Atlas supporting the world, prefixed to some collections. This name is said to have been first used by Mercator, the celebrated geographer, in the 16th century. 4. A volume of plates illustrating any subject. 5. A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas. 6. A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio. 7. A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n. Atlas powder, a nitroglycerin blasting compound of pasty consistency and great explosive power.

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- have developed, an elephant folio being up to 580 mm (23 in) tall, an atlas folio 640 mm (25 in), and a double elephant folio 1,300 mm (50 in) tall. During...
- Elephant Folio (50 inches, 127 cm) Atlas Folio (25 inches, ≈ 63 cm) Elephant Folio (23 inches, ≈ 58 cm) Royal Folio (20 inches, ≈ 51 cm) Medium Folio (18 inches...
- Look up Atlas or atlas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An atlas is a collection of maps. Atlas may also refer to: Atlas (DC Comics), several fictional...
- Geologic Atlas, folio 141 (1906) Description of Cloud Peak and Fort McKinney quadrangles, Wyoming U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas, folio 142 (1906)...
- but is identified as La Poésie in the "Table des planches" of the 1875 atlas folio Statues décoratives (View at Wikimedia Commons), and according to Fontaine...
- appeared in Folio was short-listed for the Pushcart Prize multiple time in the 1980s. Among the notable stories that first appeared in Folio are Jacob M...
- historical and antiquarian works include: 1683: An Account of the Scottish Atlas. Folio, Edinburgh 1684: Scotia illustrata. Edinburgh 1699: Memoria Balfouriana;...
- a large folio atlas with as many as 100 maps. Smaller atlases of 17 or 27 or 51 maps could still be purchased and by the mid-1670s an atlas of as many...
- In 1924, Moon began work on Indians of the Southwest, a four-volume atlas-folio set containing one hundred of his best photographs. It was finally published...
- Richardson, G.B. 1915. Castle Rock, Colorado. U.S. Geological Survey Atlas Folio 198. U.S. Geological Survey. "Geologic Unit: Dawson". Retrieved 2014-12-27...