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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Page 9
... whole thirty years is 7,222 feet below highest mark . ( See plate M for the four median lines , three of ten years each , and one of thirty years . ) 15. Recapitulation . - We have shown the " rate of fall " depth , breadth , velocity ...
... whole thirty years is 7,222 feet below highest mark . ( See plate M for the four median lines , three of ten years each , and one of thirty years . ) 15. Recapitulation . - We have shown the " rate of fall " depth , breadth , velocity ...
Page 12
... whole will be dis- charged at a lower level than before the cut - off . 22. The matter , as a question of hydrostatics , is settled that a cut - off will reduce the level of discharge on both sides ; and the question of policy reduced ...
... whole will be dis- charged at a lower level than before the cut - off . 22. The matter , as a question of hydrostatics , is settled that a cut - off will reduce the level of discharge on both sides ; and the question of policy reduced ...
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... whole and sole control be placed in his hands , with plenary powers to enforce the law respecting work upon the levees , and to draw from a fund created for that purpose , to have the work performed , whenever the planter is delinquent ...
... whole and sole control be placed in his hands , with plenary powers to enforce the law respecting work upon the levees , and to draw from a fund created for that purpose , to have the work performed , whenever the planter is delinquent ...
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... whole river discharged into the lake would not deposit more than one foot per century . Nor is there much danger , in my opinion , of a waste - weir wearing a channel , even with the nineteen feet fall of water from the river to the ...
... whole river discharged into the lake would not deposit more than one foot per century . Nor is there much danger , in my opinion , of a waste - weir wearing a channel , even with the nineteen feet fall of water from the river to the ...
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... whole human family , and the universal currency of civili- zed nations , from the earliest periods of history . As a currency , or money , they have been used as measures of value , and also as instruments or means of payment . On ...
... whole human family , and the universal currency of civili- zed nations , from the earliest periods of history . As a currency , or money , they have been used as measures of value , and also as instruments or means of payment . On ...
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