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Page 257
... feet orange feet and shanks , erect body colour is khaki and bronze long , low , white body , orange feet yellow skin , orange shanks and feet white feathers , light - orange feet and legs dark - brown feathers , white bars on wings ...
... feet orange feet and shanks , erect body colour is khaki and bronze long , low , white body , orange feet yellow skin , orange shanks and feet white feathers , light - orange feet and legs dark - brown feathers , white bars on wings ...
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... feet ) that ex- tends through the bottom of the ship , which is 120 metres ( 400 feet ) long and 20 metres ( 65 feet wide ) . To prevent the natural roll and sway of the ship from bending the drill pipe too sharply at any one point , a ...
... feet ) that ex- tends through the bottom of the ship , which is 120 metres ( 400 feet ) long and 20 metres ( 65 feet wide ) . To prevent the natural roll and sway of the ship from bending the drill pipe too sharply at any one point , a ...
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... feet ( 1,280 metres ) , is suspended from two cables hung from towers 746 feet ( 227 metres ) high ; at midpoint the Golden Gate Bridge , San Francisco By courtesy of the Redwood Empire Association 607 golden larch roadway is 265 feet ...
... feet ( 1,280 metres ) , is suspended from two cables hung from towers 746 feet ( 227 metres ) high ; at midpoint the Golden Gate Bridge , San Francisco By courtesy of the Redwood Empire Association 607 golden larch roadway is 265 feet ...
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