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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... Street , at the junction of New Jersey Avenue , a log of silicified wood was removed at a depth of about 22 feet below the orig- inal surface . It was fully silicified throughout , with the strong marks of the grain of exogenous wood ...
... Street , at the junction of New Jersey Avenue , a log of silicified wood was removed at a depth of about 22 feet below the orig- inal surface . It was fully silicified throughout , with the strong marks of the grain of exogenous wood ...
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... streets in Washington and its suburbs . Clay , however , is the pre- dominating earth throughout almost the whole District where the rock is covered with tertiary matters . The iron , being quite abundant and soluble in the carbonic ...
... streets in Washington and its suburbs . Clay , however , is the pre- dominating earth throughout almost the whole District where the rock is covered with tertiary matters . The iron , being quite abundant and soluble in the carbonic ...
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... Street , in Washington , or on Georgetown Heights , may be ob- served some fine examples of oaks , which are preserved with commendable care . A few groves of the yellow pine are still standing among the hills , a few miles north of the ...
... Street , in Washington , or on Georgetown Heights , may be ob- served some fine examples of oaks , which are preserved with commendable care . A few groves of the yellow pine are still standing among the hills , a few miles north of the ...
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... streets and numerous open spaces , as well as to natural salubrity , the city and District are almost entirely exempt from epidemics ; the diseases incident to compact and crowded cities are here scarcely known . There are very few ...
... streets and numerous open spaces , as well as to natural salubrity , the city and District are almost entirely exempt from epidemics ; the diseases incident to compact and crowded cities are here scarcely known . There are very few ...
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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.