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stands for a superscript o.
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THE
BOOK OF WONDERS
[Illustration: HOW MAN BURROWS UNDER THE WATER
This is a picture of a section of one of the world’s greatest tunnels,
showing how man has learned to construct great tubes of steel beneath
the surface of the water and land, in which to run the swiftly moving
trains which carry him rapidly from place to place.]
THE
BOOK OF WONDERS
GIVES PLAIN AND SIMPLE ANSWERS TO THE
THOUSANDS OF EVERYDAY QUESTIONS
THAT ARE ASKED AND WHICH ALL SHOULD
BE ABLE TO, BUT CANNOT ANSWER
FULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH HUNDREDS OF EDUCATIONAL PICTURES
WHICH STIMULATE THE MIND AND GIVE A
BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE
WONDERS OF NATURE
and the
WONDERS PRODUCED BY MAN
Edited and Arranged by
RUDOLPH J. BODMER