The National Geographic Magazine, Volumes 76-77National Geographic Society, 1940 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 92
... miles of docks and quays from two channels , the Solent on the west and Spithead on the east . The great harbor is the terminal for most transatlantic passenger ships and hundreds of freighters , because it is only 79 miles from London ...
... miles of docks and quays from two channels , the Solent on the west and Spithead on the east . The great harbor is the terminal for most transatlantic passenger ships and hundreds of freighters , because it is only 79 miles from London ...
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... miles . Now they expect eight or ten times that mileage . Thirty years ago the average United States car owner's annual tire bill was $ 174 ; in 1939 it was $ 17 . In 1908 a dol- lar bought 50 miles ' worth of tire travel ; in 1939 more ...
... miles . Now they expect eight or ten times that mileage . Thirty years ago the average United States car owner's annual tire bill was $ 174 ; in 1939 it was $ 17 . In 1908 a dol- lar bought 50 miles ' worth of tire travel ; in 1939 more ...
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... miles in extent and is ex- posed at low tide . It is amazing to con- template that all these hundreds of miles of islands and reefs have been built up by tiny animals , the coral polyps , which take lime out of the sea water to form ...
... miles in extent and is ex- posed at low tide . It is amazing to con- template that all these hundreds of miles of islands and reefs have been built up by tiny animals , the coral polyps , which take lime out of the sea water to form ...
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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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