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... covered slopes and artificial ice - covered chutes on a runnerless sled called a toboggan ; in Europe , small sleds with runners are also called toboggans ( see lugeing ; skeleton sled- ding ) . The runnerless toboggan was originally ...
... covered slopes and artificial ice - covered chutes on a runnerless sled called a toboggan ; in Europe , small sleds with runners are also called toboggans ( see lugeing ; skeleton sled- ding ) . The runnerless toboggan was originally ...
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... covered winter lodges and simple thatch - covered summer dwellings , hunted various game , and fished for salmon . Little is known of their social organization , except that it probably comprised small bands and contained classes or ...
... covered winter lodges and simple thatch - covered summer dwellings , hunted various game , and fished for salmon . Little is known of their social organization , except that it probably comprised small bands and contained classes or ...
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... covered frame supported by internal gas cells . The first Zeppelin airship was designed by Ferdinand , Graf von Zeppe- lin , a retired German army officer , and made its initial flight from a floating hangar on the Lake of Constance ...
... covered frame supported by internal gas cells . The first Zeppelin airship was designed by Ferdinand , Graf von Zeppe- lin , a retired German army officer , and made its initial flight from a floating hangar on the Lake of Constance ...
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