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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Strana 17
... East Branch constitutes a flat river bottom which receives the drain from the contigu- ous banks and lands . As we proceed along the east side of the Potomac , from the Capitol toward the north and northwest , the rock first makes its ...
... East Branch constitutes a flat river bottom which receives the drain from the contigu- ous banks and lands . As we proceed along the east side of the Potomac , from the Capitol toward the north and northwest , the rock first makes its ...
Strana 20
... eastern branch of the Potomac . The tide - water of the Potomac ceases at the Little Falls , a romantic succession of cascades , three miles above Georgetown . At the Washington Navy Yard the average . tide rises three feet , the Spring ...
... eastern branch of the Potomac . The tide - water of the Potomac ceases at the Little Falls , a romantic succession of cascades , three miles above Georgetown . At the Washington Navy Yard the average . tide rises three feet , the Spring ...
Strana 21
... east branch of the Potomac . The latter is a tidal stream , once capable of bearing large ships , and , until within a few years , navigated by a smaller class of vessels as far as Bladens- burgh . The scientific surveys of the Potomac ...
... east branch of the Potomac . The latter is a tidal stream , once capable of bearing large ships , and , until within a few years , navigated by a smaller class of vessels as far as Bladens- burgh . The scientific surveys of the Potomac ...
Strana 24
... east and west may be said to be , in a measure , central— equally distant on the one hand from the ocean with which ... eastern fauna of our country . And this , indeed , is the case . With the exception of those hardy birds fitted by ...
... east and west may be said to be , in a measure , central— equally distant on the one hand from the ocean with which ... eastern fauna of our country . And this , indeed , is the case . With the exception of those hardy birds fitted by ...
Strana 31
... eastern representatives of those genera known . They are favorite ornaments of fresh - water aquaria . The common " shiner " belongs to this family , and is the Luxilus chrysoleucas of naturalists . The " suckers " belong to a family ...
... eastern representatives of those genera known . They are favorite ornaments of fresh - water aquaria . The common " shiner " belongs to this family , and is the Luxilus chrysoleucas of naturalists . The " suckers " belong to a family ...
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