Annual Report (or Report) of the Secretary of War, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1873 |
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... gauges . The gauge - records kept at Pittsburgh , Wheeling , and Cincinnati have also been included . The gauges are now kept up by allotments from the general appro- priation for examinations and surveys and contingencies of rivers and ...
... gauges . The gauge - records kept at Pittsburgh , Wheeling , and Cincinnati have also been included . The gauges are now kept up by allotments from the general appro- priation for examinations and surveys and contingencies of rivers and ...
Page 140
... gauge appears to be either a settling of the tide - gauge or a disturbance of the bench - mark to which it was referred , amounting between 1863 and 1871 to about 0.80 foot . It was not suspected till after the removal of the gauge in ...
... gauge appears to be either a settling of the tide - gauge or a disturbance of the bench - mark to which it was referred , amounting between 1863 and 1871 to about 0.80 foot . It was not suspected till after the removal of the gauge in ...
Page 141
... gauge is 0.2 foot below or 0.2 foot above the bench - mark , ( a spike in Johnson & Alexander's mill . ) The figures 1.95 ( of Major Houston ) are on the supposition that the zero is above the spike . Should it be assumed to be below ...
... gauge is 0.2 foot below or 0.2 foot above the bench - mark , ( a spike in Johnson & Alexander's mill . ) The figures 1.95 ( of Major Houston ) are on the supposition that the zero is above the spike . Should it be assumed to be below ...
Page 150
... gauge has been kept by the United States lake survey at Quebec wharf , from 1859 to April , 1872 , when the gauge was removed to Du Luth , for the purpose of recording more directly the oscillations in the lake surface . A table ...
... gauge has been kept by the United States lake survey at Quebec wharf , from 1859 to April , 1872 , when the gauge was removed to Du Luth , for the purpose of recording more directly the oscillations in the lake surface . A table ...
Page 156
... gauge after its partial destruction by fire in August , 1871 , under instruction of Captain Miller , I think the error , if any , in the zero of the gauge from that time must be slight . I trust the essential facts we shall not disagree ...
... gauge after its partial destruction by fire in August , 1871 , under instruction of Captain Miller , I think the error , if any , in the zero of the gauge from that time must be slight . I trust the essential facts we shall not disagree ...
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