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Recent Triangulation in the Cascades

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 04. April 1896

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S. S. Gannett and National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the April Number. It includes the following articles:* Serilan, by W J McGee and W…

Spring Song

In Wine and Roses

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Victor Daley


"Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his…

Deep-Sea Exploring Expedition of Steamer "Albatross"

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 10 - 08. August 1899

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol X, August 1899.It includes the following articles:Shishaldin as a Field for Ex…

Wald und Wiese

In Unser Wald

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Curt Grottewitz


Der Naturwissenschaftler und Schriftsteller Curt Grottewitz lädt in diesem Buch auf einen Waldspaziergang ein. In jeweils eigenen Kapit…

The Present State of the Nicaragua Canal

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 02. February 1896

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Adolphus W. Greely and National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the February Number. It includes the following articles:* Venezuela: Her Governmen…

The Requisites to True Friendship

In Selected Essays of Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson


This is a volume of selected essays by "the great master of reason" Samuel Johnson. The most famous exerpts from The Rambler, The …

The "Dialogues on the Two Systems of the World"

In Galileo

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Walter W. Bryant


Galileo Galilei is considered the father of observational astronomy, modern science, the scientific method and modern-era classical physics.…

The Letter of Columbus on the Discovery of America

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 015

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Christopher Columbus


A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently…

The Start

In Among the Tibetans

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Isabella L. Bird


Isabella L. Bird was an English traveller, writer and natural historian. She was travelling in the Far East alone at a time when such endeav…

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