 | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - 1878 - 774 pages
...above high-water. General rule for equating headway at places having different range» from kigh to low water. — An examination of the preceding discussion...secured by establishing a fixed height, not above low-water or high-water, but above the midway height. Place. Kanpo from low lo hijili water. Feet.... | |
 | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - 1886 - 932 pages
...different localities, on a river whose extreme oscillations vary from place to place, will be more readily secured by establishing a fixed height, not above low water or high water, but above mid-stage. The fifth column of the above table has been added to illustrate the application of this... | |
 | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - 1878 - 760 pages
...General rule for equating headway at placea having different range* from hit/h to h»r irater. — An examination of the preceding discussion of relative...secured by establishing a fixed height, not above low-water or high-water, but above the midway height. Pince. Ratine fn>m low <o Inch wut<-r. Half range.... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1886 - 940 pages
...different localities, on a river whose extreme oscillations vary from place to place, will be more readily secured by establishing a fixed height, not above low water or high water, but above mid-stage. The fifth column of the above table has been added to illustrate the application of this... | |
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An examination of the preceding discussion of relative headway at Saint Louis, Quincy, Rock Islan'd, and Dubuque, where the observations extend over long periods (and which leaves out extraordinary floods), shows the probable existence of a law, that... 