The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 111National Geographic Society, 1957 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... Miles from the Red Mainland Larger than Maryland , the island forms a vital segment in the Pacific defense arc ; Okinawa lies 365 miles to the northeast , Luzon only 225 miles to the south . Land - hungry Chinese settled Formosa three ...
... Miles from the Red Mainland Larger than Maryland , the island forms a vital segment in the Pacific defense arc ; Okinawa lies 365 miles to the northeast , Luzon only 225 miles to the south . Land - hungry Chinese settled Formosa three ...
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... miles an hour when riding on her Venetian - blind - type hydro- foils . Thirty - eight years later , HD - 4's run of 70.86 miles per hour still stands , so far as is known , for this type of boat , although a jet - engined hydroplane ...
... miles an hour when riding on her Venetian - blind - type hydro- foils . Thirty - eight years later , HD - 4's run of 70.86 miles per hour still stands , so far as is known , for this type of boat , although a jet - engined hydroplane ...
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... miles . Rocket flights have revealed that higher up the air becomes warmer , approaching ground level temper- atures at 30 miles . Why ? Because at that altitude ozone absorbs the sun's ultraviolet energy and con- verts it into heat ...
... miles . Rocket flights have revealed that higher up the air becomes warmer , approaching ground level temper- atures at 30 miles . Why ? Because at that altitude ozone absorbs the sun's ultraviolet energy and con- verts it into heat ...
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