The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 29National Geographic Society, 1916 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... fact that sugar sold for two dollars a pound . And that the world is not sugar - hungry today is due to the steps taken by Napoleon to overcome the effect of the blockade on sugar . Years before , some Prussian scientists had been ...
... fact that sugar sold for two dollars a pound . And that the world is not sugar - hungry today is due to the steps taken by Napoleon to overcome the effect of the blockade on sugar . Years before , some Prussian scientists had been ...
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... fact , however , is that the average inhabitant of the earth probably uses more than two pounds of provisions a day . The steerage passengers on Eng- lish ships are allowed 21⁄2 pounds each a day . Even the prisoner in the average jail ...
... fact , however , is that the average inhabitant of the earth probably uses more than two pounds of provisions a day . The steerage passengers on Eng- lish ships are allowed 21⁄2 pounds each a day . Even the prisoner in the average jail ...
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... fact that synthetic chemistry is delv- ing deeper into the mysteries of nature's laboratories in the roots and stalks of the plant world , and is gradually coming to the point where it can take the raw ma- terials that the plant itself ...
... fact that synthetic chemistry is delv- ing deeper into the mysteries of nature's laboratories in the roots and stalks of the plant world , and is gradually coming to the point where it can take the raw ma- terials that the plant itself ...
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... fact that Germany , Austria - Hungary , Bul- garia , and Turkey had a total of approxi- mately 50,000,000 cattle before the war began . 1 The Department of Agriculture says that about one - fifth of the total number of cattle in Germany ...
... fact that Germany , Austria - Hungary , Bul- garia , and Turkey had a total of approxi- mately 50,000,000 cattle before the war began . 1 The Department of Agriculture says that about one - fifth of the total number of cattle in Germany ...
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... facts well known to all those who have considered her relation to the world's future food problems . Even to- day , in spite of her small per - acre pro- duction of every principal crop , Russia is the greatest exporter of grain in the ...
... facts well known to all those who have considered her relation to the world's future food problems . Even to- day , in spite of her small per - acre pro- duction of every principal crop , Russia is the greatest exporter of grain in the ...
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