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... written by five thousand people making direct queries , and the other half by one man answering them . Here is the essence of what America wants to know . It is as human as humanity itself . It is a running account of what has occurred ...
... written by five thousand people making direct queries , and the other half by one man answering them . Here is the essence of what America wants to know . It is as human as humanity itself . It is a running account of what has occurred ...
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... antedates history . Most ancient monuments show by inscriptions that it was already domesticated at a very early period . It was cultivated early in the Stone Age . Q. II How far does the man fly in writing 22 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
... antedates history . Most ancient monuments show by inscriptions that it was already domesticated at a very early period . It was cultivated early in the Stone Age . Q. II How far does the man fly in writing 22 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
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... writing a sign on the sky ? G. M. A. The aviator who recently wrote a two - word name on the sky , says that he traveled from 10 to 15 miles while writing it . Q. How much faster is airplane service than dog team ? P. T. A. In ...
... writing a sign on the sky ? G. M. A. The aviator who recently wrote a two - word name on the sky , says that he traveled from 10 to 15 miles while writing it . Q. How much faster is airplane service than dog team ? P. T. A. In ...
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... writing ? F. W. S. A. Art Smith , an aviator from Fort Wayne , Indiana , is credited with it . Q. What is the lowest horse- power engine used in an airplane ? K. Z. A. The lowest used is a three horsepower engine used in the De- woitine ...
... writing ? F. W. S. A. Art Smith , an aviator from Fort Wayne , Indiana , is credited with it . Q. What is the lowest horse- power engine used in an airplane ? K. Z. A. The lowest used is a three horsepower engine used in the De- woitine ...
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... written by a monk at the end of the 13th century , contains the stanza " As an appel the urthe is round , so that evermo half the urthe the sonne by - schyneth , hou so hit evere go . " Q. What people discovered the relation between the ...
... written by a monk at the end of the 13th century , contains the stanza " As an appel the urthe is round , so that evermo half the urthe the sonne by - schyneth , hou so hit evere go . " Q. What people discovered the relation between the ...
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