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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... Falls . Great Falls . Alexandria . Fort Washington . Mount Vernon , . 1 * 1 226-234 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . MAP , FRONTISPIECE . Page GEOLOGICAL CONTENTS .
... Falls . Great Falls . Alexandria . Fort Washington . Mount Vernon , . 1 * 1 226-234 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . MAP , FRONTISPIECE . Page GEOLOGICAL CONTENTS .
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... fall certain brooks , which , after , come to fine navigable rivers . These run from the north- west into the ... falls with such violence that it causes great inundation in some narrow valleys , which is scarce perceived , being ...
... fall certain brooks , which , after , come to fine navigable rivers . These run from the north- west into the ... falls with such violence that it causes great inundation in some narrow valleys , which is scarce perceived , being ...
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... Falls , some two miles above Georgetown , it is extensively quar- ried , and used in cellar and foundation walls , and other coarse work . It splits in two directions nearly at right angles to each other , which fits it for faced work ...
... Falls , some two miles above Georgetown , it is extensively quar- ried , and used in cellar and foundation walls , and other coarse work . It splits in two directions nearly at right angles to each other , which fits it for faced work ...
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... fall of the river , before it plunges into positive tide - water . Georgetown may be said to rest on the primary gneiss , while Washington , though evidently resting on the same base , has its substratum so low , by the dip of the rock ...
... fall of the river , before it plunges into positive tide - water . Georgetown may be said to rest on the primary gneiss , while Washington , though evidently resting on the same base , has its substratum so low , by the dip of the rock ...
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... Falls , a romantic succession of cascades , three miles above Georgetown . At the Washington Navy Yard the average . tide rises three feet , the Spring tide three and a half feet , and the neap two and a half feet . The southerly winds ...
... Falls , a romantic succession of cascades , three miles above Georgetown . At the Washington Navy Yard the average . tide rises three feet , the Spring tide three and a half feet , and the neap two and a half feet . The southerly winds ...
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