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ANDREW ATKINSON HUMPHREYS (1810-1883)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 891 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANDREW See also:ATKINSON See also:HUMPHREYS (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 See also: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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