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... lamps lit and the number of spare lamps , and gen- > erally the quantity of the oil , both winter and summer . The keepers do not make quarterly returns to this office , but are direct- ed to make them to the respective superintendents ...
... lamps lit and the number of spare lamps , and gen- > erally the quantity of the oil , both winter and summer . The keepers do not make quarterly returns to this office , but are direct- ed to make them to the respective superintendents ...
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... lamps with which to make the necessary pe pairs to the apparatus , a vessel has been chartered , with an experienced ... lamp ; he to produce the receipts of the keepers for all the articles delivered , as in the case of the light ...
... lamps with which to make the necessary pe pairs to the apparatus , a vessel has been chartered , with an experienced ... lamp ; he to produce the receipts of the keepers for all the articles delivered , as in the case of the light ...
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... lamps made under the direction of Mr. Winslow Lewis have burners of uniform size and make , and the great majority of our light - houses are fitted up with them , yet there are no two keepers who use the same quantity of oil during the ...
... lamps made under the direction of Mr. Winslow Lewis have burners of uniform size and make , and the great majority of our light - houses are fitted up with them , yet there are no two keepers who use the same quantity of oil during the ...
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... lamps hit up . REMARKS . - Quality of the oil , condition of the apparatus , & c . Portland head Cape Elizabeth ( 2 ) Wood island Goat island Boon island • Whale's back Seguin island Pand island Hendrick's head Burt island Pemaquid ...
... lamps hit up . REMARKS . - Quality of the oil , condition of the apparatus , & c . Portland head Cape Elizabeth ( 2 ) Wood island Goat island Boon island • Whale's back Seguin island Pand island Hendrick's head Burt island Pemaquid ...
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... lamps not used . No. of lamps lit up . Summer . Winter . Summer . Gallons of oil on hand on 1st January . Winter . Gallons of oi received ring the year . du- Summer . Winter . Summer . Gallens of oil consumed du- ring the year . Gallons ...
... lamps not used . No. of lamps lit up . Summer . Winter . Summer . Gallons of oil on hand on 1st January . Winter . Gallons of oi received ring the year . du- Summer . Winter . Summer . Gallens of oil consumed du- ring the year . Gallons ...
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Page 1 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 269 - ... Philosophical and scientific apparatus, utensils, instruments, and preparations, including bottles and boxes containing the same, specially imported in good faith for the use and by order of any society or institution incorporated or established solely for religious, philosophical, educational, scientific, or literary purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts, or for the use or by order of any college, academy, school or seminary of learning in the United States, or any State or public...
Page 7 - It is also understood that the permission granted by this article is not to extend to allow the -vessels of the United States to carry on any part of the coasting trade of the said British territories...
Page 9 - ... to be recovered by any person who will sue for the same in any Court of Record in this State, in the name of the Governor of the Commonwealth.
Page 56 - ... and port charges, as well as to the fees and perquisites of public officers, and all other duties and charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities, or of any private establishment whatsoever.
Page 107 - Sykes's hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater or less strength than the strength of proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gallon, viz.
Page 11 - Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven and in the one hundred and twenty first year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America.
Page 19 - An Act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same.