The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 206
... miles [ 35 km ] had been the previous range limit for shellfire ) was achieved by sending the shells on a trajectory 12 miles ( 19 km ) up in the stratosphere , where atmospheric drag was almost nonexistent . According to some sources ...
... miles [ 35 km ] had been the previous range limit for shellfire ) was achieved by sending the shells on a trajectory 12 miles ( 19 km ) up in the stratosphere , where atmospheric drag was almost nonexistent . According to some sources ...
Page 376
... miles ( 95 km ) east - northeast of Portland . Originally part of Boothbay ( supposedly settled in 1630 ) , it was set off and incorporated in 1889 and devel- oped as a trading and shipbuilding centre . Boothbay Harbor is now the pivot ...
... miles ( 95 km ) east - northeast of Portland . Originally part of Boothbay ( supposedly settled in 1630 ) , it was set off and incorporated in 1889 and devel- oped as a trading and shipbuilding centre . Boothbay Harbor is now the pivot ...
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... miles south . The Abraham Lincoln Birth- place National Historic Site is 30 miles north- west . Inc. 1824. Pop . ( 1990 ) 9,577 . Campbellton , city , Restigouche County , northern New Brunswick , Canada , on the Restigouche Estuary ...
... miles south . The Abraham Lincoln Birth- place National Historic Site is 30 miles north- west . Inc. 1824. Pop . ( 1990 ) 9,577 . Campbellton , city , Restigouche County , northern New Brunswick , Canada , on the Restigouche Estuary ...
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