The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 49National Geographic Society, 1926 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... side of the New York Bay region , the air route to Chicago was shortened by 40 miles and the added hazard of flying over New York , Brooklyn , and the bay was avoided . The time required to reach the downtown post office by train ...
... side of the New York Bay region , the air route to Chicago was shortened by 40 miles and the added hazard of flying over New York , Brooklyn , and the bay was avoided . The time required to reach the downtown post office by train ...
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... MILES " Who's due in tonight ? " I asked the beacon attendant , who had climbed up be- side me on the narrow platform . Photograph by Mechanic C. M. McCormick noticed that record board. 16 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE.
... MILES " Who's due in tonight ? " I asked the beacon attendant , who had climbed up be- side me on the narrow platform . Photograph by Mechanic C. M. McCormick noticed that record board. 16 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE.
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... side of the cock- pit , waving wildly at the farmer lads plowing in the fields . The sight of the pigs and the grazing horses and cattle frantically scuttling aside before the onrushing thunder of our en- gine filled him with unholy ...
... side of the cock- pit , waving wildly at the farmer lads plowing in the fields . The sight of the pigs and the grazing horses and cattle frantically scuttling aside before the onrushing thunder of our en- gine filled him with unholy ...
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... side , into a deep snowdrift . The engine and propeller had buried themselves in the snow , while the entire fuselage had torn itself loose and rolled down the steep slope 80 feet , lodging against an exposed ridge of rocks . When ...
... side , into a deep snowdrift . The engine and propeller had buried themselves in the snow , while the entire fuselage had torn itself loose and rolled down the steep slope 80 feet , lodging against an exposed ridge of rocks . When ...
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... bear . " Pete and I both leaned over the side of the fuselage and studied the broad shoul- der of Elk Mountain , where the rocky , Photograph from Lieutenant J. Parker Van Zandt snow - streaked. 34 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE.
... bear . " Pete and I both leaned over the side of the fuselage and studied the broad shoul- der of Elk Mountain , where the rocky , Photograph from Lieutenant J. Parker Van Zandt snow - streaked. 34 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE.
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Page 72 - Yet to be come at by the breeze; He did not cease, but cooed and cooed, And somewhat pensively he wooed; He sang of love, with quiet blending, Slow to begin and never ending; Of serious faith and inward glee, That was the song, the song for me.
Page 306 - dust. The worldly hope men set their hearts upon Turns ashes, or it prospers ; and anon, Like snow upon the desert's dusty face, Lighting a little hour or two, is gone.
Page 67 - I heard a stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this very day; His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze; He did not cease, but cooed and cooed, And somewhat pensively he wooed; He sang of love, with quiet blending, Slow to begin and never ending; Of serious faith and inward glee, That was the song, the song for me.
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Page 611 - summit was ever seen, we took the liberty of giving it a name. It will appear on our maps as Mount Logan, in honor of Sir William E. Logan, founder and long director of the Geological Survey of Canada.