The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 72National Geographic Society., 1938 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 80
... built up in spikes toward the wind as it blew moisture against the pole at the end of the cog railway trestle . In a single storm these formations have been known to reach six feet in length . Photograph by Harold Orne HEAVY CHAINS KEEP ...
... built up in spikes toward the wind as it blew moisture against the pole at the end of the cog railway trestle . In a single storm these formations have been known to reach six feet in length . Photograph by Harold Orne HEAVY CHAINS KEEP ...
Page 221
... built in the center of large marshes with open water all about them and nothing to obscure the vision of the wary birds . The nests were 4 or 5 feet in diameter , made of rushes and sedges pulled up or nipped off near the nest , built ...
... built in the center of large marshes with open water all about them and nothing to obscure the vision of the wary birds . The nests were 4 or 5 feet in diameter , made of rushes and sedges pulled up or nipped off near the nest , built ...
Page 273
... built the observatory ; but delivery of the largest telescope of the time was interrupted by the War ( page 299 ) . The white roof of this observatory , now equipped with a fine instrument , was painted by the novelist , William ...
... built the observatory ; but delivery of the largest telescope of the time was interrupted by the War ( page 299 ) . The white roof of this observatory , now equipped with a fine instrument , was painted by the novelist , William ...
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Machines Come to Mississippi By J R HILDEBRAND | 263 |
Magnolia State Mosaic Mississippi 26 ills in color from naturalcolor photographs | 279 |
Miracle of Talking by Telephone By F BARROWS COLTON | 395 |
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