The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 74National Geographic Society, 1939 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 191
... called " Karls- bad " by the Austrians , nor to near - by Jáchymov , long called " Joachimsthal , " where bathing waters are radioactive , and where radium is produced from uranium ore . Joachimsthal silver once was minted into thalers ...
... called " Karls- bad " by the Austrians , nor to near - by Jáchymov , long called " Joachimsthal , " where bathing waters are radioactive , and where radium is produced from uranium ore . Joachimsthal silver once was minted into thalers ...
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... called the " ricebird , " and its large flocks are very destructive to rice before the harvest . To protect their ... called the birds " wid- ows " from their long , dark trains , and they are known today as " veuve " in French , and are ...
... called the " ricebird , " and its large flocks are very destructive to rice before the harvest . To protect their ... called the birds " wid- ows " from their long , dark trains , and they are known today as " veuve " in French , and are ...
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... called a finch , is a member of the weaver family - is taken from the crimson mark across the throat in the male ( Color Plate VII ) . The female lacks this character but is otherwise similar . The bird is found wild in the drier ...
... called a finch , is a member of the weaver family - is taken from the crimson mark across the throat in the male ( Color Plate VII ) . The female lacks this character but is otherwise similar . The bird is found wild in the drier ...
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GuamPerch of the China Clippers By MARGARET M HIGGINS | 99 |
A Motor Caravan Rolls Across Sahara and Jungle Through Realms | 327 |
Boyhood Recollections and Recent Observations by An American | 419 |
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