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... oceans nor provide means for con- necting the ocean with the river , but that in order to maintain a road between Nombre de Diós and Panama and to clear the Chagres River to the head of navigation , all that would be neces- sary would ...
... oceans nor provide means for con- necting the ocean with the river , but that in order to maintain a road between Nombre de Diós and Panama and to clear the Chagres River to the head of navigation , all that would be neces- sary would ...
Page 12
... Ocean to the Straits of Magellan no tempting stream that poured its waters into either ocean was neglected ; no bay , no inlet failed to receive the careful examination of the explorer ; no dream too wild but found its supporters - but ...
... Ocean to the Straits of Magellan no tempting stream that poured its waters into either ocean was neglected ; no bay , no inlet failed to receive the careful examination of the explorer ; no dream too wild but found its supporters - but ...
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... ocean to ocean . The entire length of the road was 47 miles 3.020 feet , with a maximum grade of sixty feet to the mile . The sum- mit grade was 258 feet above the assumed grade at the Atlantic , and 242 % above the assumed grade at the ...
... ocean to ocean . The entire length of the road was 47 miles 3.020 feet , with a maximum grade of sixty feet to the mile . The sum- mit grade was 258 feet above the assumed grade at the Atlantic , and 242 % above the assumed grade at the ...
Contents
RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
Selected Abstracts Reprinted from Report of the AtlanticPacific Interoceanic Canal | 15 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
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