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Page 145
... WIND -. The variable winds of spring and sum- mer were settling more and more to the northwest . The gales were sudden , shifty , and annoying , though we were partly shel- tered by Bear Rock . WINDS PLAY BOISTEROUS TRICKS Ten minutes ...
... WIND -. The variable winds of spring and sum- mer were settling more and more to the northwest . The gales were sudden , shifty , and annoying , though we were partly shel- tered by Bear Rock . WINDS PLAY BOISTEROUS TRICKS Ten minutes ...
Page 361
... wind . For the mo- ment it held . Behind us , the lights of the coast disap- peared . All about us , the wave crests rose and fell , tipped with phosphorescence . A hand dipped in the sea let fall a shower of silver drops . Beneath the ...
... wind . For the mo- ment it held . Behind us , the lights of the coast disap- peared . All about us , the wave crests rose and fell , tipped with phosphorescence . A hand dipped in the sea let fall a shower of silver drops . Beneath the ...
Page 577
... wind tunnel . " In it aërial models , bombs , etc. , are used , to learn the effect of wind streams on them . In such tunnels tests are also made to show pressure on skyscrapers during wind . storms ; with the fan revolving in one end ...
... wind tunnel . " In it aërial models , bombs , etc. , are used , to learn the effect of wind streams on them . In such tunnels tests are also made to show pressure on skyscrapers during wind . storms ; with the fan revolving in one end ...
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Island of Nias at the Edge of the World By MABEL COOK COLE | 201 |
Koala or Australian Teddy Bear By F LEWIS 346 | 225 |
New Hampshire The Granite State By GEORGE HIGGINS MOSES | 257 |
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