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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Italys Monuments Tell Romes Magnificence 8 illustrations from photographs 7 illus | 371 |
Map Links Classic World with 1940 Text accompanying special map supplement in colors 338 | 395 |
Nations Capital by Night 16 illustrations from photographs by VOLKMAR WENTZEL | 514 |
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