The Technical World Magazine, Volume 11Technical World Company, 1909 |
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... United States and its results , as compared with that fol- lowed in other civilized countries . Every year since 1870 an average of fifty people have been burned to death in the United States by forest fires - a total of more than 2,000 ...
... United States and its results , as compared with that fol- lowed in other civilized countries . Every year since 1870 an average of fifty people have been burned to death in the United States by forest fires - a total of more than 2,000 ...
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... United States has risen fifty per cent in the last eight years ; the thousand feet of planking you paid ten dollars for in 1900 now costs you fifteen dollars or more . That means an increase in the cost of all building operations ...
... United States has risen fifty per cent in the last eight years ; the thousand feet of planking you paid ten dollars for in 1900 now costs you fifteen dollars or more . That means an increase in the cost of all building operations ...
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... United States more than fifty million acres of forest are burned - more than the total area of the state of New York , with half of New England thrown in for good measure . Every year we destroy by forest fires enough timber to fill all ...
... United States more than fifty million acres of forest are burned - more than the total area of the state of New York , with half of New England thrown in for good measure . Every year we destroy by forest fires enough timber to fill all ...
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... United States . This census is based on thou- sands of reports from as many county officers and on personal inspection by the foresters of the larger tracts of standing timber . They report that at the most there are 2,000 billion board ...
... United States . This census is based on thou- sands of reports from as many county officers and on personal inspection by the foresters of the larger tracts of standing timber . They report that at the most there are 2,000 billion board ...
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... United States . In the new Grand Army of Volunteers , which is beginning to do such magnificent work for the commonwealth and the common weal , Pinchot was the pioneer . Born to a large fortune he has used his thorough education , his ...
... United States . In the new Grand Army of Volunteers , which is beginning to do such magnificent work for the commonwealth and the common weal , Pinchot was the pioneer . Born to a large fortune he has used his thorough education , his ...
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