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... referred to . A preface explains g Visions of the coast which are referred to ; and , in a pour way , the mode of determining the dis- tances , latitudes , longitudes , and azimuths , which the table contains , " their connexion through ...
... referred to . A preface explains g Visions of the coast which are referred to ; and , in a pour way , the mode of determining the dis- tances , latitudes , longitudes , and azimuths , which the table contains , " their connexion through ...
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... referred to , and have transmitted their replies to the board . Several of their replies contain recommendations of new light - houses , beacons , buoys , & c . , which are referred to in their annual reports . I have embodied them with ...
... referred to , and have transmitted their replies to the board . Several of their replies contain recommendations of new light - houses , beacons , buoys , & c . , which are referred to in their annual reports . I have embodied them with ...
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... referred , ( Lieuten- ants Commanding Charles H. McBlair and Maxwell Woodhull , United States navy , ) which contain all the details necessary to an understand- ing of the subject . In every case a thorough examination of the local ...
... referred , ( Lieuten- ants Commanding Charles H. McBlair and Maxwell Woodhull , United States navy , ) which contain all the details necessary to an understand- ing of the subject . In every case a thorough examination of the local ...
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... referred to a mark distant about three - quarters of a mile , nearly in a line to the Blue Mountain station , between which and the mark the angle was meas- ured by the micrometer . The observations were made with the thirty- inch ...
... referred to a mark distant about three - quarters of a mile , nearly in a line to the Blue Mountain station , between which and the mark the angle was meas- ured by the micrometer . The observations were made with the thirty- inch ...
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... referred to . At Cape Small station , ( Lincoln county , Maine , ) cleven observations for azimuth were made on seven different days . The observations were made on Polaris - six at upper culmination , four at eastern elonga- tion , and ...
... referred to . At Cape Small station , ( Lincoln county , Maine , ) cleven observations for azimuth were made on seven different days . The observations were made on Polaris - six at upper culmination , four at eastern elonga- tion , and ...
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A. D. BACHE APPENDIX Back azimuth battery Bayou Beach Beacon Hill Bluff buoys Cape Fear Cape Henlopen Cat Island Cedar keys Cedar Point channel Charleston chart Church Coast Survey COAST SURVEY OFFICE Coast Survey.-Geographical Positions Columbia river connexion coral Cove Creek curve Distance Dorchester Heights electrotype engraving entrance examination fathoms Florida Hammock harbor Hatteras Hill 41 hydrographic parties hydrography inlet Kent Island Key West Latitude Lieut Lieutenant Commanding light light-boat light-house Longitude maps McBlair McSparran Hill Metres Mount Prospect Name of station Nantucket navigation Neck observations Observatory placed plate Point 39 Powderhorn range Recommended reconnaissance reef report of Lieutenant respectfully Rock San Diego sand Savannah season secondary triangulation Secretary Section II.-Long Island shoals shore Signal Sketch South Spire steamer sub-assistant Superintendent U. S. Coast tides tion topography Treasury triangulation U. S. Coast Survey United States Coast United States navy vessels Washington western coast Woodhull Yards
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Página 442 - ... cannot be acquired by cession, when the interest of the United States demands it, before the appropriation would by law fall into the surplus fund, in any and all such cases the appropriations shall be applicable to the objects for which they are made, at any time within two years after the first meeting of the legislature in any State wherein such land may be situated,, subsequent to the passage of this act, to wit: MAINE.
Página 152 - ... made by worms. But however efficient these boring animals may be in preparing the coral stems for decay, there is yet another agent, perhaps still more destructive. We allude to the minute boring-sponges, which penetrate them in all directions, until they appear at last completely rotten throughout.
Página 513 - He reaffirms his opinion of the pro^ priety of the site, after considering this objection. In recommending lights for the western coast, I have not advised that any of them be revolving lights, except in the case of Point Conception, conceiving that at present, until facilities for repairs of machinery and the number of lights are increased, it is inexpedient and unnecessary to resort to such a distinction. Very respectfully, yours, AD BACHE, Superintendent United States Coast Survey. Hon. THOMAS...
Página 148 - The reefs of Florida, as they have been described in the foregoing sketch of the topography of that state, and, indeed, the separate parts of each of these reefs, in their extensive range from northeast to southwest, present such varieties as will afford, when judiciously combined, a complete history of the whole process of their formation. " Here we have groups of living corals, beginning to expand at considerable depth, and forming isolated, disconnected patches — the first rudiments, as it were,...
Página 101 - Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey to the Secretary of the Treasury on Halteras shoals, with a report of Lieutenant Commanding Jenkins, United States navy.
Página 466 - Hole harbor, three thousand five hundred dollars. For a beacon on Fawn bar, near Deer island, Boston harbor, two thousand five hundred dollars. For two iron spindles on the northeast ledge of the Graves, and on Holmes' ledge, Boston harbor, two thousand dollars.
Página 505 - ... source of the most unfeigned regret and mystification. If the British government, however, has the right to exact of its agents an implicit obedience to its mandates, regardless of all considerations but its interests, I must do Captain Prevost the justice of bearing witness to his devoted loyalty. I would respectfully call the attention of the department to the fact that there are still some points which must be embraced in the instructions for Captain Prevost's guidance which are not to be...
Página 144 - Sol•dier key, is so shoal that it will forever remain inaccessible, except to -very small vessels. The keys consist of an extensive range of low islands, rising but a few feet, perhaps from six to" eight or ten, or at the utmost to twelve or thirteen feet, above the level of the sea. They begin to the north of 'Cape Florida, where they converge towards the main land, extending in the...
Página 152 - ... rotten at the heart, but still apparently green and flourishing without, till the first heavy gale of wind snaps the hollow trunk, and betrays its decay. Again, innumerable boring animals establish themselves in the lifeless stem, piercing holes in all directions into its interior, like so many augers, dissolving its solid connexion with the ground, and even penetrating far into the living portion of these compact communities. The number of these boring animals is quite incredible, and they belong...
Página 443 - ... including a bridge from the shore to the light-house, thirteen thousand dollars. OHIO. For a light-house on Rock or Mouse island, Lake Erie, five thousand dollars. For a light-house on Green island, Lake Erie, five thousand dollars. For a beacon-light on Cedar Point, as a range to enter Sandusky bay, five hundred dollars. For buoys at the entrance of Port Clinton, Lake Erie, two hundred and fifty dollars. MICHIGAN. FLORIDA. For buoys at the entrance of Musquito harbor, five hundred dollars. OREGON....