
# File: index74-2.txt
# Issue: 234, 1974-09-14, p.28, 29
# Period: 209-234

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# A

Aalto, Alvar, Finnish architect, 213
Action Painting, 210
Adam, Robert, English architect, 222
Afghanistan, 223
Africa, Nigerian village art, 234
Africa, haunted highway, 223
air, pollution dangers, 220
aircraft, overcoming fog dangers, 228
Air Mysteries:$
  balloons of death, 227
  Earhart, Amelia, disappearance, 225
  Glenn Miller and band, 228
  R 101 disaster, 224
  UFOs, 229
  Voss, Albert, airliner death mystery, 226
Ajax of Amsterdam, soccer champions, 212
Ajman, Arabian State's rare stamps, 220
Alexander the Great, Macedonian commander, 232
Amazon forest highway, 220
Amazons, who they were, 231
Amundsen, Roald, Polar exploits, 224-225
Animal Heroes:$
  Huberta the Hippo, 231
  Jumbo, circus elephant, 232
  Owney, travelling dog, 234
  Pelorus Jack, the dolphin, 233
Animal Wonderland:$
  ant lion, 218
  bush baby, 228
  cleaning methods, 234
  firefly, 234
  home-makers, 209
  nest-makers, 211-212
  teeth, 226
  underground homes, 210
animals, evolution series, 219-224
animals, prehistoric giants, 223
animals, raised in captivity for wild life, 232
Anne of Cleves, story behind painting, 222
Anquetil, Jacques, Tour de France champion, 219
Antarctic, coldest region, 220
Antarctic, exploration, 225
ant lion, life-story, 218
Any Questions?:$
  Amazons, who they were, 231
  Antarctic, coldest region, 220
  Beaufort Wind Scale, 216
  blushing, in dark-skinned people, 226
  bodies, why mummified, 232
  bread, why it goes mouldy, 223
  bull, red rag fallacy, 214
  butterfly, senses, 225
  carrier pigeon, message-carrying, 222
  coldest region, 220
  distance, why objects appear smaller, 231
  dollar sign, origin, 220
  Dutch boy, finger in dyke story, 229
  falling star, what it is, 209
  flies, where they go in winter, 212
  gravity, Newton and apple story, 229
  gun, why it recoils, 210
  hair, why it curls, 231
  heat, why it burns, 220
  humidity, what it is, 211
  ladybird, origin of name, 222
  mach number, what it is, 225
  mammal, biggest, 212
  minutes, why 60 in hour, 217
  moonlight, what it is, 223
  mushroom, is it a plant, 228
  nose, holding to remove taste, 217
  osmosis, what it is, 226
  penguins, in Antarctica, 211
  planet, how presence of atmosphere is known, 226
  pulse, why it beats, 209
  rain, what an inch means, 227
  rattlesnake, how it rattles, 228
  ship, measuring tonnage, 227
  weather glass, how it works, 217
  wheat, mummified, 214
Arabian Nights story, Enchanted Horse, 231-232
Architects, series:$
  Aalto, Alvar, 213
  Adam, Robert, 222
  Bernini, Gianlorenzo, 214
  Brunelleschi, Filippo, 218
  Gropius, Walter, 215
  Jones, Inigo, 220
  Le Corbusier, 217
  Le Vau, Louis, 221
  Nash, John, 212
  Rohe, Mies van der, 219
  Vanbrugh, Sir John, 210
  Wren, Sir Christopher, 216
  Wright, Frank Lloyd, 211
Arctic, explorers, 224
Arizona, petrified forest, 231
Arminius, German who defeated Romans, 225
Around the world in 60 days, George Train's feat, 215
Art, Modern, series, 209-210
art, Nigerian village artists, 234
Auriol, Jacqueline, French jet pilot, 233
Australia, explorers, 223

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# B

balloons, deadly kinds over America, 227
Bangkok, Thailand capital, 219
Bank Holidays, history, 231
Bannister, Roger, mile record, 230
Barents, William, Dutch explorer, 217
barometer, how it works, 217
Baxter, John, Australia exploration, 223
Beaufort Wind Scale, 216
Belisarius, Count, Roman general, 232
Bernini, Gianlorenzo, Italian architect, 214
Bhutan, Himalayan kingdom, 211
birds, evolution, 222
Blankers-Koen, Fanny, Dutch athlete, 210
Blashford-Snell, John, Blue Nile exploration, 232
blushing, in dark-skinned people, 226
Bombard, Alain, solo Atlantic voyage, 223
Bonatti, Walter, Alpine climbing ordeals, 226
Bosporus, bridge over Turkish seaway, 224
boxer, career, past and present, 219
bread, why it goes mouldy, 223
British Columbia, headless valley adventurers, 229
BRM, racing-car failure, 231
Brock, Stanley, wild-life collector, 224
Brough Superior, motor-cycle, 223
Bruce, James, Africa exploration, 219
Brunelleschi, Filippo, Renaissance architect, 218
Bugatti Royale, luxury limousine, 233
Buildings In Middle Ages:$
  castle, 209
  fortified town, 212
  manor house, 211
  monastery, 210
  palace, 214
  village, 213
bull, red rag fallacy, 214
Burbank, Luther, 210
Burke, Robert O'Hara, Australia exploration, 223
Burton, Richard, African exploration, 221
bus, battery-powered, 232
bush baby, African animal, 228
Butler, Tommy, British detective, 219
butterfly, farms to save species, 227
butterfly, sense of sound and taste, 225
BMW, German motor-cycle, 224

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# C

Cabot, John, Newfoundland explorer, 214
California, Chinese invasion, 228
cameo-carving, 229
Cao, Diogo, Portuguese explorer, 211
Cape of Good Hope, early navigators, 211
carat, what it means, 210
carrier-pigeon, messages fallacy, 222
Caslavska, Vera, Czechoslovakian gymnast, 225
cat, evolution, 221
Cervantes, Miguel de, 224
Channel Tunnel, history, 221
Charles the Hammer, 213
Chichen Itza, well of the Mayas, 222
Clark, Jim, Indianapolis motor-racing win, 215
Clark, William, America exploration, 222
clocks, man who made strange ones, 231
coach-driver, career, past and present, 211
Colorado, Mangus, Apache chief against Americans, 233
Columbus, Christopher, Atlantic voyages, 212
Commanders, series:$
  Alexander the Great, 232
  Genghis Khan, 234
  Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, 227
  Hannibal, 226
  Montgomery, General Bernard, 233
  Rommel, General Erwin, 228
  Washington, George, 229
  William the Conqueror, 230
  Zhukov, Marshal Georgi, 231
concrete nibbler, machine which breaks toughest concrete, 233
Connolly, Maureen, Wimbledon champion, 213
Cook, Captain, explorations, 218
Corbett, Colonel Jim, tiger-hunter, 213
corn dollies, ancient craft, 232
Costume, series, 228-231
Country Crafts:$
  corn dollies, 232
  thatching, 233
  windmills, 234
Cousteau, Jacques-Yves, underwater exploits, 225
customs officer, career, past and present, 212

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# D

dams, problems caused by big ones, 229
Dempsey, Jack, fight of the long count, 211
Descent From the Cross, story behind painting, 216
deserts, efforts to fertilise, 211, 217
Detectives, Famous:$
  Butler, Tommy, 219
  Hoover, J. Edgar, 220
  LeBlanc, Robert, 222
  Locard, Edmond, 217
  Nardone, Mario, 221
  Toorenaar, Superintendent, 218
Diaz, Bartholomew, explorations, 211
distance, why objects appear smaller, 231
dog, evolution, 219
dollar sign, origin, 220
dolphin, could rule the world theory, 213
Don Quixote, story, 225-230
Dorando's Marathon, 226
Duchess of Devonshire, story behind painting, 217
Dutch boy, finger in dyke story, 229
Drake, Sir Francis, explorations, 216
dredger, ocean-bed mining, 216
Dress, series, 228-231

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# E

Earhart, Amelia, American airwoman, 225
Earth, coldest region, 220
Earth, man who claimed it was hollow, 218
Einstein, Albert, 211
electrosleep, method of overcoming sleeplessness, 212
elephants, teak forests training, 233
Enchanted Horse, story, 231-232
England, World Cup win, 220
Eskimos, life in frozen North, 218
Explorers, series:$
  Africa explorers, 219-221
  Antarctic men, 225
  Arctic explorers, 224
  Australia explorers, 223
  Bruce, James, 219
  Burton, Richard, 221
  Cabot, John, 214
  Cao, Diogo, 211
  Clark, William, 222
  Columbus, 212
  Cook, Captain, 218
  Diaz, Bartholomew, 211
  Drake, Sir Francis, 216
  Dutchmen in 17th century. 217
  Eyre, John Edward, Australia exploration, 223
  Gama, Vasco da, 213
  Henry the Navigator, 210
  Lewis, Meriwether, 222
  Livingstone, David, 220
  Louisiana, American purchase, 222
  Magellan, 215
  North Pole men, 224
  Park, Mungo, 219
  Polo, Marco, 209
  Raleigh, Sir Walter, 216
  South Pole men, 225
  Space Age men, 226
  Speke, John, 221
  Stanley, H. M., 220
  Vespucci, Amerigo, 214
Eyre, John Edward, Australia exploration, 223

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# F

falling star, what it is, 209
farm-worker, career, past and present, 217
Fatehpur-Sikri, city, abandoned Indian, 230
Ferrers, Lady Katherine, highwayman in black, 209
film-director, career, past and present, 215
Fire, picture-history, 216-217
firefly, life-story, 234
fireman, career, past and present, 218
fish, electric shocks from, 225
fish, evolution, 224
flags, strange origins, 223
flight, methods tried by Man, 220, 227
fly, where it goes in winter, 212
flying, methods tried by Man, 220, 227
flying, overcoming fog hazards, 228
flying-boat, American failure, 227
fog, methods to overcome, 228
footprints in the snow, Devon village mystery, 213

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# G

Gainsborough, his Duchess of Devonshire painting, 217
Gama, Vasco da, sea route to India, 213
Geesink, Anton, judo champion, 224
Geiger, Hermann, Alpine exploits, 230
Genghis Khan, Mongol commander, 234
giants, men and creatures of long ago, 223
Gift of the Magi, story, 234
Gilera, motor-cycle, 226
glasshouses, future types, 224
Grace, Dick, stunt-pilot, 212
gravity, Newton and apple theory, 229
gravity, power and its mysteries, 232
Great Eastern, steamship failure, 229
Great Pyramid of Giza, wasteful monument, 228
Greeves Challenger, motor-cycle, 230
Gropius, Walter, German architect, 215
gun, why it recoils, 210
Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, 227

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# H

hair, why it curls, 231
handbells, ringing art, 234
Hannibal, Carthaginian commander, 226
Harley-Davidson, motor-cycle, 222
haunted highway, African voodoo road, 223
Heimaey, volcanic island and people's return, 224
Henry the Navigator, Portuguese explorer, 210
highwayman lady in black, 209
Hirst, Jemmy, eccentric Yorkshire farmer, 224
HMS Showboat, little steamer in Royal Navy, 232
Holbein, story behind Anne of Cleves painting, 222
Honda, motor-cycle, 227
honey ants, life-story, 227
Hoover, J. Edgar, American detective, 220
horse, evolution, 223
hothouse, past and future types, 224
hour, why it has 60 minutes, 217
Huberta, hippo heroine, 231
'human mole', man who dug tunnels, 217
humidity, what it is, 211

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# I

Ice Age, Man's way of life, 222
Iceland, return to volcanic island, 224
insects, attack and protection, 225

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# J

Japan, Honda sports contests, 209
Johannsen, Ingemar, world heavyweight champion, 229
Jones, Inigo, English architect, 220
Jumbo, circus elephant, 232

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# K

Kalahari Desert, lorry journey across, 225
kapok, life-saving product from jungle trees, 230
K-boats, submarine failures, 232
King, Billie Jean, Wimbledon championships, 223
Koepcke, Juliane, Peruvian jungle ordeal, 227

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# L

ladybird, origin of name, 222
Laker, Jim, Test cricket feat, 227
Last Judgment, story behind painting, 221
Last Supper, story behind painting, 218
LeBlanc, Robert, Canadian detective, 222
Le Corbusier, Swiss architect, 217
Leonardo da Vinci, story behind Last Supper painting, 218
Leonowens, Anna, governess to King of Siam, 226
Le Vau, Louis, French architect, 221
Lewis, Meriwether, America exploration, 222
lift, history of device, 227
lighthouse, new Royal Sovereign light, 217
Livingstone, David, Africa exploration, 220
Locard, Edmond, French detective, 217
lorry, desert journey by, 225
lorry, juggernaut threat on road, 223
Louisiana, American purchase from French, 222
Lubbock, Sir John, Bank Holidays idea, 231
Luther, Martin, 212

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# M

McGehee, Bill, Mayan well exploration, 222
mach number, what it is, 225
Madonna of the Chair, story behind painting, 214
Magellan, Ferdinand, round-the-world route, 215
mammal, biggest, 212
Man And His Environments, Series:$
  Amazon forest highway, 220
  Channel Tunnel, 221
  deserts, 217
  Eskimos, 218
  frozen North, 218
  Ice Age times, 222
  mountain life, 216
  sea activities, 219
Man, flight attempts, 220, 227
Man-Eaters of Kumaon, story, 213-220
Mayas, well of Chichen Itza, 222
Michelangelo, story behind Last Judgment painting, 221
Middle Ages, buildings series, 209-214
Millais, John, story behind North-West Passage painting, 220
Miller, Glenn, band-leader's disappearance, 228
minerals, ocean-bed supplies, 216
minutes, why 60 in hour, 217
Modern Adventurers, series:$
  Auriol, Jacqueline, 233
  Blashford-Snell, John, 232
  Bombard, Alain, 223
  Bonatti, Walter, 226
  Brock, Stanley, 224
  Campbell and Fiennes, 229
  Cousteau, Jacques-Yves, 225
  Geiger, Hermann, 230
  Koepcke, Juliane, 227
  Murray, Jack, 234
  Scott and McGehee, 222
  Simmons, Bob, 231
  Snow, Sebastian, 228
  World Cup Rally, 234
moonlight, what it is, 223
Montgomery, Bernard, British commander, 233
Motor-Cycles, series:$
  Brough Superior, 223
  BMW, 224
  Gilera, 226
  Greeves Challenger, 230
  Harley-Davidson, 222
  Honda, 227
  Norton, 225
  Velocette, 228
  Vincent Black Lightning, 229
motor-lorry, desert crossing by, 225
motor-lorry, juggernaut threat on roads, 223
mummy, why bodies are mummified, 232
Murray, Jack, World Cup Rally adventures, 234
mushroom, is it a plant, 228

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# N

Nansen, Fridtjof, North Pole attempt, 224
Napoleon on the Bellerophon, story behind painting, 213
Nardone, Mario, Italian detective, 221
Nash, John, British architect, 212
navigation, series, 230-231
Neo-classical art, 209
Nigeria, village of artists, 234
Night Watch, story behind painting, 215
North Pole explorers, 224
North-West Passage, story behind painting, 220
Norton, motor-cycle, 225
nose, holding it to remove taste, 217
Nuvolari, Tazio, Grand Prix win, 231

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# O

oceans, as sources of power, 234
oil, sea-bed wells and other supplies, 209
Orbiter, European spacecraft project, 225
Orchardson, Sir William, his Napoleon on the Bellerophon painting, 213
osmosis, what it is, 226
Otto, German emperor who crushed Magyars, 224
Owney, dog traveller, 234

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# P

Painting, Story Behind It, series:$
  Anne of Cleves, 222
  Descent From the Cross, 216
  Duchess of Devonshire, 217
  Last Judgment, 221
  Last Supper, 218
  Madonna of the Chair, 214
  Napoleon on the Bellerophon, 213
  Night Watch, 215
  North-West Passage, 220
  Rain, Steam and Speed, 219
  Roll-Call, 223
  Snowstorm, 219
Park, Mungo, Africa exploration, 219
Peary, Robert, North Pole journey, 224
peat, fuel's future, 214
Pelorus Jack, dolphin guide for seamen, 233
penguins, why they live in Antarctic, 211
Pentecost Island, death-defying divers, 233
petrified forest, Arizona, 231
photographer, career, past and present, 214
Picasso, Pablo, his Neo-classical period, 209
planet, how presence of atmosphere is known, 226
planetoids, small bodies in solar system, 230
plants, poisonous, 226
plants, soil-less soil growth, 211
plants, weeds that travel the world, 221
Polaroid SX-70 camera, 225
policeman, career, past and present, 209
pollution, effect on air we breathe, 220
Polo, Marco, Eastern travels, 209
Pop Art, 210
postage stamps, stamp-on-stamp rarity, 220
prehistoric giants, 223
Professor Branestawn, story, 221-223
pulse, why it beats, 209

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# R

R 101, airship disaster, 224
rain, how an inch is gauged, 227
Rain, Steam and Speed, story behind painting, 219
Raleigh, Sir Walter, North American voyages, 216
Raphael, his Madonna of the Chair painting, 214
rattlesnake, how it rattles, 228
Rembrandt, his Night Watch painting, 215
reptiles, evolution, 220
Richards, Sir Gordon, first Derby win, 217
Rivery, Aimee de, Sultana of Turkey, 234
Roggeveen, Jacob, Dutch explorer, 217
Rohe, Mies van der, German architect, 219
Roll-Call, story behind painting, 223
Rommel, General Erwin, German commander, 228
Ross, Sir James, Antarctic exploration, 224
rubbish, salvaging waste materials, 215
Rubens, his Descent From the Cross painting, 216
Rudolph, Wilma, American athlete, 214

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# S

St. Louis, steel arch, 230
sands, sounds made by, 227
satellites, communications sky stations, 221
Schliemann, Heinrich, archaeologist who found Troy, 214
Scott, Austin, Mayan well exploration, 222
Scott, Robert Falcon, South Pole journey, 225
sea, as source of power, 234
sea, conquest by Man, 219
sea-captain, career, past and present, 213
seaman, career, past and present, 222
seeds, world travel of plant life, 221
Serviére, Nicholas de Grollier de, maker of strange clocks, 231
Shackleton, Ernest, South Pole journey, 225
ships, measuring tonnage, 227
prefabricated construction, 218
shops and shopping, picture-history, 215
shrimps, farming methods, 221
Shuttle Orbiter, European spacecraft, 225
Siam, King and governess Anna, 226
Siberia, prosperous region, 223
Simmons, Bob, film stunt man, 231
sleeplessness, electronic way to overcome, 212
Snow, Sebastian, trans-America walk, 228
Snowstorm, story behind painting, 219
solar system, planetoids and other bodies, 230
soldier, career, past and present, 216
South Africa, history, 209-210
South Africa, Waenskloof Caves, 217
South Pole, exploration, 225
Space, European Orbiter craft, 225
Space Age explorers, 226
Speke, John, Africa exploration, 221
Sport, Great Moments, series:$
  Ajax of Amsterdam, 212
  Anquetil, Jacques, 219
  Bannister, Roger, 230
  Blankers-Koen, Fanny, 210
  Caslavska, Vera, 225
  Clark, Jim, 215
  Connolly, Maureen, 213
  Dempsey-Tunney fight, 211
  Dorando's Marathon, 226
  England's World Cup, 220
  Flying Dutchwoman, 210
  Geesink, Anton, 224
  Johannsen, Ingemar, 229
  King, Billie Jean, 223
  Laker, Jim, 227
  Nuvolari, Tazio, 231
  Richards, Sir Gordon, 217
  Rudolph, Wilma, 214
  Tennessee Tigerbelle, 214
  Webb, Captain Matthew, 228
  Zatopek, Emil, 218
Spring-heeled Jack, terror of Victorian times, 219
Stanley, Henry, meeting with Livingstone, 220
Stories:$
  Don Quixote, 225-230
  Enchanted Horse, 231-232
  Gift of the Magi, 234
  Man-Eaters of Kumaon, 213-220
  Professor Branestawn, 221-223
  Westward Ho! 209-212
stunt pilot, 212
surgeon, career, past and present, 210
Symmes, John Clere, hollow world theory, 218

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# T

Tasman, Abel, Dutch explorer, 217
television, screen ghosts, 216
Tennessee Tigerbelle, American athlete, 214
Territory of the Others, wildlife film, 218
thatching, ancient craft, 233
Then... And Now, series:$
  boxer, 219
  coach-driver, 211
  customs and excise, 212
  farm-worker, 217
  film director, 215
  fireman, 218
  photographer, 214
  policeman, 209
  sea-captain, 213
  seaman, 222
  soldier, 216
  surgeon, 210
Thompson, Elizabeth, story behind Roll-Call painting, 223
Toorenaar, Superintendent, Dutch detective, 218
Train, George, 60-day journey round the world, 215
transport, lorry juggernauts and container ships, 223
Turner, J.M.W., his Rain, Steam and Speed and Snowstorm paintings, 219

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# U

UFOs, mysteries of the air, 229
United Nations, series:$
  agencies of help, 211
  communications, 209
  food supplies, 210
United States Of America, coast-to-coast series, 212-216

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# V

Vanbrugh, Sir John, British architect, 210
Velocette, motor-cycle, 228
Vespucci, Amerigo, New World exploration, 214
Vincent Black Lightning, motor-cycle, 229
Voss, Albert, airliner death mystery, 226

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# W

Waenskloof Caves, South Africa, 217
warships of today, 233
Washington, George, American commander, 229
water hyacinth, weed, 229
Waterton, Charles, eccentric naturalist, 230
weather glass, how it works, 217
Webb, Captain Matthew, Channel swim, 228
wedding, ceremonies and traditions, 225-226
weeds, world travellers, 221
Westward Ho! story, 209-212
wheat, mummified kind, 214
White Elephants, Series:$
  BRM racing-car, 231
  Bugatti Royale, 233
  Fatehpur-Sikri, 230
  Great Eastern steamship, 229
  Great Pyramid at Giza, 228
  K-boat submarines, 232
  Spruce Goose flying-boat, 227
wigs, value of wigs and hair, 234
wild life, five-year filming, 218
wild life, raised in captivity for freedom, 232
William the Conqueror, 230
Williamson, Joseph, tunnel digger, 217
Wills, William John, Australia exploration, 223
windmills, ancient craft, 234
wolf-children of India, 211
World Cup, England's 1966 win, 220
World Cup, 1974 series, 221-222
World Cup Motor Rally, 234
Wren, Sir Christopher, English architect, 216
Wright, Frank Lloyd, American architect, 211

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# Z

Zatopek, Emil, Marathon triumph, 218
Zhukov, Georgi, Russian commander, 231
Zimbabwe, ruins in Rhodesia, 228
