The National Geographic Magazine, Volumes 76-77National Geographic Society, 1940 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... feet in length have been taken in the Antarctic in one season . A Blue Whale 89 feet long and 45 feet in maxi- mum circumference weighed more than 119 tons ; it yielded 166 barrels of oil . Although this whale's body has a decidedly ...
... feet in length have been taken in the Antarctic in one season . A Blue Whale 89 feet long and 45 feet in maxi- mum circumference weighed more than 119 tons ; it yielded 166 barrels of oil . Although this whale's body has a decidedly ...
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... feet . In prehistoric times such bones were used by the Alaskan Eskimos as roof beams for their semisubterranean houses . Photograph from Captain George T. Plummer WHALE SHIPS AND CASKS. Photograph by Merl La Voy additional protection to ...
... feet . In prehistoric times such bones were used by the Alaskan Eskimos as roof beams for their semisubterranean houses . Photograph from Captain George T. Plummer WHALE SHIPS AND CASKS. Photograph by Merl La Voy additional protection to ...
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... feet at birth and are nursed for at least six months . Finbacks may reach the ripe old age of 20 years . The animal expels its vaporous breath to a height of 15 or 20 feet at the instant the blow- holes on the vertex of the head break ...
... feet at birth and are nursed for at least six months . Finbacks may reach the ripe old age of 20 years . The animal expels its vaporous breath to a height of 15 or 20 feet at the instant the blow- holes on the vertex of the head break ...
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Home Life and Industry in the Netherlands II illustrations in duotone from photographs | 271 |
History of Ancient Bridge Building and Road Making | 347 |
Italys Monuments Tell Romes Magnificence 8 illustrations from photographs 7 illus | 371 |
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