Philp's Washington Described: A Complete View of the American Capital, and the District of Columbia; with Many Notices, Historical, Topographical, and Scientific, of the Seat of GovernmentWilliam D'Arcy Haley Rudd & Carleton, 1861 - Počet stran: 239 |
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... rock , as it exists on the Virginia shore of the Potomac at Little Falls , has so broken down along the road side that a rod may be forced ever , into it in some places for two feet from the. 16 WASHINGTON DESCRIBED .
... rock , as it exists on the Virginia shore of the Potomac at Little Falls , has so broken down along the road side that a rod may be forced ever , into it in some places for two feet from the. 16 WASHINGTON DESCRIBED .
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... feet from the surface , by the thrust of the arm . It is not so throughout , but only in certain localities . The cause of this peculiarity has not been investigated . It is proper to say , with regard to the underlying gneiss rock of ...
... feet from the surface , by the thrust of the arm . It is not so throughout , but only in certain localities . The cause of this peculiarity has not been investigated . It is proper to say , with regard to the underlying gneiss rock of ...
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... feet , we find successive beds of clays , sands , peaty earth , exogenous woods , in fragments , and silicified ; others not silicified , but in a lignitous state ; others containing pyrites of iron ; but these are confined to certain ...
... feet , we find successive beds of clays , sands , peaty earth , exogenous woods , in fragments , and silicified ; others not silicified , but in a lignitous state ; others containing pyrites of iron ; but these are confined to certain ...
Strana 19
... feet of drift . In all cases , the drift is on the top , and is very irregular in its character , generally consisting of masses or clumps of broken - up clay and loam , and pebbles , irregularly thrown together ; and these constitute ...
... feet of drift . In all cases , the drift is on the top , and is very irregular in its character , generally consisting of masses or clumps of broken - up clay and loam , and pebbles , irregularly thrown together ; and these constitute ...
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... feet , the Spring tide three and a half feet , and the neap two and a half feet . The southerly winds have a marked effect upon the height and continuance of the tides , and periodical freshets swell the volume of water . The Potomac is ...
... feet , the Spring tide three and a half feet , and the neap two and a half feet . The southerly winds have a marked effect upon the height and continuance of the tides , and periodical freshets swell the volume of water . The Potomac is ...
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Strana 178 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas, your sorrow, is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the wat'ry floor; So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Strana 59 - The house is upon a grand and superb scale, requiring about thirty servants to attend and keep the apartments in proper order, and perform the ordinary business of the house and stables...
Strana 168 - To INCREASE KNOWLEDGE. It is proposed — 1. To stimulate men of talent to make original researches, by offering suitable rewards for memoirs containing new truths ; and, 2. To appropriate annually a portion of the income for particular researches, under the direction of suitable persons.
Strana 50 - In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand.
Strana 170 - ... 3. The results obtained from these appropriations to be published, with the memoirs before mentioned, in the volumes of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 4. Examples of objects for which appropriations may be made : — (1.) System of extended meteorological observations for solving the problem of American storms.
Strana 152 - Act, given jurisdiction, concurrent with the court of claims, to hear and determine all claims founded upon the constitution of the United States or any law of congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an executive department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the government of the United States...
Strana 44 - The Congress shall have power ... to exercise exclusive legislation in -all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States...
Strana 127 - ... it then known, that on this day the Union of the United States of America stands firm, that their Constitution still exists unimpaired, and with all its original usefulness and glory ; growing every day stronger and stronger in the affections of the great body of the American people, and attracting more and more the admiration of the world.
Strana 232 - The family vault at Mount Vernon requiring repairs, and being improperly situated besides, I desire that a new one of brick, and upon a larger scale, may be built at the foot of what is commonly called the Vineyard Enclosure...
Strana 59 - ... comfort. To assist us in this great castle, and render less attendance necessary, bells are wholly wanting, not one single one being hung through the whole house, and promises are all you can obtain. This is so great an inconvenience, that I know not what to do, or how to do. The ladies from Georgetown and in the city have many of them visited me.