The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 23
NATURE GIANTS THAT MAN HAS CONQUERED BY RAYMOND PERRYGIANT NO. 2-WATER-POWEROne of the greatest giants that man has tamed is theWind. The second nature giant that man learned to con-rcl was the power cf flowing water. We all know that wates from the ocean as vapor and, dropping as rain on the…
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