The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
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Page 169
There was no recourse but to trim and gravel only fifty feet in the center of the avenue , which has been done , and , to the extent of the improvement , there is not now a better street in the city . It is very desirable that an ...
There was no recourse but to trim and gravel only fifty feet in the center of the avenue , which has been done , and , to the extent of the improvement , there is not now a better street in the city . It is very desirable that an ...
Page 170
During that period the long spans near the Virginia shore had been strengthened by additional cords and braces at the top and bottom , which required eight hundred running feet of timber , six by ten inches thick .
During that period the long spans near the Virginia shore had been strengthened by additional cords and braces at the top and bottom , which required eight hundred running feet of timber , six by ten inches thick .
Page 187
The plan of heating is the hot water circulation , and the ventilating power is a fan twelve feet in diameter , propelled by a twenty - four horse engine . The whole apparatus is simple , and the hope is entertained that it will prove ...
The plan of heating is the hot water circulation , and the ventilating power is a fan twelve feet in diameter , propelled by a twenty - four horse engine . The whole apparatus is simple , and the hope is entertained that it will prove ...
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The ventilation of the hospital is by a fan twelve feet in diameter , and having eight blades , each five feet long by three wide . It is pro- pelled by a twenty - four - horse power engine , of the most approved construction ; and it ...
The ventilation of the hospital is by a fan twelve feet in diameter , and having eight blades , each five feet long by three wide . It is pro- pelled by a twenty - four - horse power engine , of the most approved construction ; and it ...
Page 189
... to the river , and , from its termination at high - water mark , a very sub- stantial stone wall , nine feet high , has been carried one hundred and fifty feet into the river , or about fifty feet beyond ordinary ...
... to the river , and , from its termination at high - water mark , a very sub- stantial stone wall , nine feet high , has been carried one hundred and fifty feet into the river , or about fifty feet beyond ordinary ...
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| Title | The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
| Author | United States. President |
| Published | 1860 |
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