The Western Journal, of Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, and General Literature, Volume 5M. Tarver and T.F. Risk, 1851 - Missouri |
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... hundred miles , 2.00 inches the second hundred , 2.30 inches for the third , and 2.57 inches for the fourth hundred miles . [ See Diagram , A. 1. and 2. ] Above this point I have no accurate data , but am inclined to think that the rate ...
... hundred miles , 2.00 inches the second hundred , 2.30 inches for the third , and 2.57 inches for the fourth hundred miles . [ See Diagram , A. 1. and 2. ] Above this point I have no accurate data , but am inclined to think that the rate ...
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... hundreds of observations . * 9. The result shows a mean surface velocity at high water . of 2.61 miles per hour , at Carrollton , and 2.60 miles per hour at Vidalia ; respectively , 3.80 and 3.82 feet per second of time . The one was ...
... hundreds of observations . * 9. The result shows a mean surface velocity at high water . of 2.61 miles per hour , at Carrollton , and 2.60 miles per hour at Vidalia ; respectively , 3.80 and 3.82 feet per second of time . The one was ...
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... hundred miles from Bayou Lafourche down below the city . These levees have an average height no greater than those now being erected in the upper portion of the State ; and the highest water marks known , whether within the levied ...
... hundred miles from Bayou Lafourche down below the city . These levees have an average height no greater than those now being erected in the upper portion of the State ; and the highest water marks known , whether within the levied ...
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... hundreds . Some of them are low , and covered with gamalote , or with canes ; but most are as high as the banks of the ... hundred yards and upwards broad , which width the stream maintains with great uniformity to the Rio Savalos , a ...
... hundreds . Some of them are low , and covered with gamalote , or with canes ; but most are as high as the banks of the ... hundred yards and upwards broad , which width the stream maintains with great uniformity to the Rio Savalos , a ...
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... hundred yards . These rapids , without artificial modification , would present an obstacle to all kinds of navigation . It might be made practicable with some trouble , for small steamers , light draughts , such as are used upon some of ...
... hundred yards . These rapids , without artificial modification , would present an obstacle to all kinds of navigation . It might be made practicable with some trouble , for small steamers , light draughts , such as are used upon some of ...
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