Kiver, at the confluence of the two branches known as the Southern and Eastern. The advantages which the city enjoys as a sea-port are too well known to need more than a passing notice here. Her central position on the Atlantic sea-board; her mild climate,... Annual Reports of the Secretary of War - Page 720by United States. War Department - 1872Full view - About this book
| United States. Congress. Senate - 1872 - 1004 pages
...branches known as the Southern and Eastern. The advantages which the city enjoys as a seaport are almost too well known to need more than a passing notice...interior, give her natural advantages almost unsurpassed by any other city. The harbor proper, (or that portion of the river opposite the city,) although somewhat... | |
| United States. Congress. House - 1873 - 1270 pages
...Г).Г>77. The city of Norfolk. Virginia, i-- located on the right bank of the Elizabeth River, at ilie confluence of the two branches known as the Southern...nevertheless, a good depth of water; while below, the city ha« opportunities for nn almost indefinite expansion of her water-front. The city of Portsmouth, Virginia,... | |
| Leartus Connor, Henry Alexander Cleland - 1885 - 310 pages
...3.56 " other cases in which this lesion was overlooked.' The conditions which lead to this laceration are too well known to need more than a passing notice here. One of the most frequent causes is the disproportion between the foetal head and the soft parts of... | |
| Alexander Agassiz - 1888 - 418 pages
...striking examples of Fig. 4ti. — Terraces near Fort Charles Light House, Barbados. elevated reefs. They are too well known to need more than a passing notice here. The terraces they form show plainly the successive stages of arrest in the agency of elevation, and... | |
| Joseph Hyde Pratt - 1901 - 758 pages
...been descril»ed on page 30, and the many uses that are made of the cut stones in the jewelry trade are too well known to need more than a passing notice here. One use of the corundum gem that is perhaps worthy of notice is in supplying jewels for watches. In... | |
| 1905 - 918 pages
...been described on page 22, and the many uses that are made of the cut 5-tones in the jewelry trade are too well known to need more than a passing notice here. One use of the gem corundum that is perhaps worthy of notice is in supplying jewels for watches. In... | |
| North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey - 1905 - 560 pages
...color, and free from flaws. The many uses that are made of the cut sapphire gems in the jewelry trade are too well known to need more than a passing notice here. One use of them that is perhaps worthy of notice is as jewels for watches. In a recent notice from... | |
| United States. War Department - 1872 - 1238 pages
...The advantages which the city enjoys ns a sea-port are too well known to. need more than a роюing notice here. Her central position on the Atlantic...freedom from obstructions to navigation from ice, and lier facilities for communication with a fertile and productive interior, give lier natural advantages... | |
| Knights of Labor - 1880 - 468 pages
...Secretary. His course as Grand Secretary, his faithful service in that office and upon the platform, are too well known to need more than a passing notice here. Assuming the position of Grand Secretary with not a dollar in the treasury ; with no knowledge even... | |
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