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HUMPHREYS, ANDREW ATKINSON (1810-1883)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 891 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HUMPHREYS, See also:ANDREW See also:ATKINSON (1810-1883) , See also:American soldier and engineer, was See also:born at See also:Philadelphia on the 2nd of See also:November 181o. He was the son of See also:Samuel Humphreys (1778-1846), See also:chief constructor U.S.N., and See also:grandson of See also:Joshua Humphreys (1751-1838), the designer of the " Constitution". and other famous frigates of the See also:war of 1812, sometimes known as the " See also:father of the American See also:navy." Graduating from See also:West Point in 1831, he served with the 2nd See also:Artillery in the See also:Florida war in 1835. He resigned soon afterwards and devoted himself to See also:civil See also:engineering. In 1838 he returned to the See also:army for survey duties, and from 1842 to 1849 was assistant in See also:charge of the See also:Coast Survey See also:Office. Later he did similar See also:work in the valley of the in all of which his mastery Humpback See also:Whale (Megaptera longimana or boops). allied See also:species) is found in nearly all seas; and when full-grown may reach from 45 ft. to 50 ft. in length, the flippers which are indented along their edges measuring from io ft. to 12 ft. or more. The See also:general See also:colour is See also:black, but there are often See also:white markings on the under See also:surface; and the flippers may be entirely white, or parti-coloured like the See also:body. Deep See also:longitudinal furrows, folds or plaits occur on the See also:throat and See also:chest. It is said that the popular name refers to a prominence on which the back fin is set; but this " hump " varies greatly in See also:size in different individuals. The humpback is a coast-whale, irregular in its movements, sometimes found in " See also:schools," at others singly. The See also:whalebone is See also:short, broad and coarse; but the yield of oil from a single whale has been as much as 75 barrels. A few examples of this whale have been taken in See also:Scotland and the See also:north of See also:England (see See also:CETACEA).

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