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... probably can never be an- swered satisfactorily . The mixture of saltpeter , sulphur and charcoal known as gunpowder was hardly an invention in the sense that it sprang from the efforts of one person . All evi- dence indicates that the ...
... probably can never be an- swered satisfactorily . The mixture of saltpeter , sulphur and charcoal known as gunpowder was hardly an invention in the sense that it sprang from the efforts of one person . All evi- dence indicates that the ...
Page 159
... probably first seen in the wild state by a white man about nine years later when Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca , who was one of the survivors of the ill - fated Narvaez expedition and who was held prisoner for several years among the ...
... probably first seen in the wild state by a white man about nine years later when Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca , who was one of the survivors of the ill - fated Narvaez expedition and who was held prisoner for several years among the ...
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George William Stimpson. and vigorous , is probably derived from the same source , strength and endurance being the most conspicuous quality of the Eskimo dogs known as huskies . In England husky ... probably derived from the same source...
George William Stimpson. and vigorous , is probably derived from the same source , strength and endurance being the most conspicuous quality of the Eskimo dogs known as huskies . In England husky ... probably derived from the same source...
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