The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 109National Geographic Society, 1956 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 298
... carry equipment to the New Zealand station at Cape Adare . The nations which launched expeditions late last year sought preliminary bases in different parts of Antarctica . Russian ships were believed bound for the Knox Coast , while ...
... carry equipment to the New Zealand station at Cape Adare . The nations which launched expeditions late last year sought preliminary bases in different parts of Antarctica . Russian ships were believed bound for the Knox Coast , while ...
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... carry the whole assem- bly to a height of some 40 miles within two minutes , having reached a speed of 3,000 to 4,000 miles an hour . The second rocket will step up the speed to around 11,000 miles an hour . After it burns out at about ...
... carry the whole assem- bly to a height of some 40 miles within two minutes , having reached a speed of 3,000 to 4,000 miles an hour . The second rocket will step up the speed to around 11,000 miles an hour . After it burns out at about ...
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... carry small conventional batteries for radio transmission . More advanced satellites may use sunlight for power . Bell Telephone Laboratories pioneered the technique with their solar battery , shown atop a telephone pole near Americus ...
... carry small conventional batteries for radio transmission . More advanced satellites may use sunlight for power . Bell Telephone Laboratories pioneered the technique with their solar battery , shown atop a telephone pole near Americus ...
Contents
Airplanes New Industry and Military Defense Speed Progress | v |
In These Telltale and Often Beautiful Relics of Vanished | xviii |
Athens to Istanbul A Journey Through the Heart of the | 37 |
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