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U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Migration of Birds
Snow Geese which left James Bay, Canada, arrived at the Louisiana Gulf coast «60 hours later after a continuous flight of over 1,700 miles at an average speed of 28 miles per hour.» This is just one of the many...
4 hours 8 minutes
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451
George William Askinson - Perfumes and their Preparation
Most of us take for granted the sense of smell. It gives pleasure, warning, anticipation and a sense of nostalgia. People have used perfumes since the days of Ancient Persia and Egypt in order to improve their...
10 hours 5 minutes
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440
Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné - History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume 2
The History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, by Jean-Henri Merle d’Aubigné, is a classic work on the great events that re-opened the Christian gospel to a needy world. The author was a Swiss Protestant...
3 hours 37 minutes
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460
Alice Meynell - Ceres’ Runaway & Other Essays
Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing...
2 hours 58 minutes
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486
Robert G. Ingersoll - Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 10 - Legal
For those who like courtroom drama, here are Ingersoll’s Opening and Closing arguments on the most famous trials of his career--the Star Route Trials which stretched over 2 years, revealing high government...
24 hours 36 minutes
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David Miller DeWitt - Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt
April, 1865 — The war ended and throughout the Northern States joy and relief reigned. Then, less than a week later, a thunderbolt: the president was dead — struck down by an assassin's bullet. Could this have been...
6 hours 40 minutes
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William Diller Matthew - Dinosaurs, With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections
America has had a fascination with dinosaurs, particularly since the wild enthusiasm of Jurassic Park and its sequels. The term «dinosaur» was coined in 1841 by the Victorian scientist Sir Richard Owen. By the end of...
4 hours 22 minutes
