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 16
... rock , how- ever , which renders it very uncertain as a durable stone . In certain locations it goes to decay rapidly , and disin- tegrates entirely in a few years . The rock , as it exists on the Virginia shore of the Potomac at Little ...
... rock , how- ever , which renders it very uncertain as a durable stone . In certain locations it goes to decay rapidly , and disin- tegrates entirely in a few years . The rock , as it exists on the Virginia shore of the Potomac at Little ...
Strana 17
... rock first makes its appearance parallel with the river ( that is , the trend or line of the ridge of the rocks ) , in the vicinity of Pennsylvania Avenue where it crosses Rock Creek , which forms the dividing line be- tween Washington ...
... rock first makes its appearance parallel with the river ( that is , the trend or line of the ridge of the rocks ) , in the vicinity of Pennsylvania Avenue where it crosses Rock Creek , which forms the dividing line be- tween Washington ...
Strana 18
... rock is reached from the sur- face in the different parts of the City of Washington . Suffice it to say , that the results obtained from such exca- vations as have been made by digging wells and cutting down hills show a great variety ...
... rock is reached from the sur- face in the different parts of the City of Washington . Suffice it to say , that the results obtained from such exca- vations as have been made by digging wells and cutting down hills show a great variety ...
Strana 19
... rock is covered with tertiary matters . The iron , being quite abundant and soluble in the carbonic acid of the air , is absorbed in the falling rain and surface water into the ground , and gives an iron deposit in nearly all water ...
... rock is covered with tertiary matters . The iron , being quite abundant and soluble in the carbonic acid of the air , is absorbed in the falling rain and surface water into the ground , and gives an iron deposit in nearly all water ...
Strana 21
... Rock Creek , which separates Washington , on the west , from Georgetown , and the Anacostia , or east branch of the Potomac . The latter is a tidal stream , once capable of bearing large ships , and , until within a few years ...
... Rock Creek , which separates Washington , on the west , from Georgetown , and the Anacostia , or east branch of the Potomac . The latter is a tidal stream , once capable of bearing large ships , and , until within a few years ...
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