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 S. Low, 1861 - Počet stran: 239 |
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... entirely in a few years . The 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 into it in some places for two feet from the. 16 WASHINGTON DESCRIBED .
... entirely in a few years . The 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 into it in some places for two feet from the. 16 WASHINGTON DESCRIBED .
Strana 17
... 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 ...
Strana 18
... 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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