Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents: 14th Congress, 1st Session-48th Congress, 2nd Session and Special Session, Volumen 5 |
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... connexion with the remarks on the speedy publication of the results of the survey , I feel that I am doing simply an act of justice . The organization under which the survey is conducted has been so repeatedly explained and approved ...
... connexion with the remarks on the speedy publication of the results of the survey , I feel that I am doing simply an act of justice . The organization under which the survey is conducted has been so repeatedly explained and approved ...
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... connexion of civilians with the survey , trained to its operations , the land work would have ceased . Informal notice was given at one time that there might be a necessity for withdrawing also the officers of the navy ; but , as the ...
... connexion of civilians with the survey , trained to its operations , the land work would have ceased . Informal notice was given at one time that there might be a necessity for withdrawing also the officers of the navy ; but , as the ...
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... connexion with the several sections of the coast to which they belong . The discrep- ancy , which I have stated in previous reports , between the results of longitude by moon culminations and occultations , has been greatly re- duced by ...
... connexion with the several sections of the coast to which they belong . The discrep- ancy , which I have stated in previous reports , between the results of longitude by moon culminations and occultations , has been greatly re- duced by ...
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... connexion between New Orleans and Washington for longitude will , it is expected , be completed next year , which will give the measurement of a portion of a parallel on the Gulf of Mexico , hereafter to be materially extended by the ...
... connexion between New Orleans and Washington for longitude will , it is expected , be completed next year , which will give the measurement of a portion of a parallel on the Gulf of Mexico , hereafter to be materially extended by the ...
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... connexion through the figure of the earth , and their variation due to irregularities of figure and density . The degree of approximation which may be expected from the results of the computation , according to the stage of progress ...
... connexion through the figure of the earth , and their variation due to irregularities of figure and density . The degree of approximation which may be expected from the results of the computation , according to the stage of progress ...
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A. D. BACHE APPENDIX assistant 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 Creek Distance 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 Passed midshipman 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 tidal tides tion topography Treasury triangulation Trinidad bay U. S. Coast Survey United States Coast United States navy vessels Washington western coast Woodhull Yards
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Página 510 - That the successful reconnaissance of the western coast of the United States, from Monterey to Columbia river, and the preliminary survey of the entrance to the Columbia — accomplished under the most peculiar and extraordinary difficulties — while they are proofs of his unconquerable energy, determination and skill, have forever identified the name of Wm. P. McArthur with the progress of the republic in the West. 3. Resolved, That we most sincerely sympathize with the bereaved and afflicted family...
Página 143 - Extracts from the report of Professor Agassiz to the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, on the examination of the Florida reefs, keys, and coast.
Página 38 - An act to found a military asylum for the relief and support of invalid and disabled soldiers of the Army of the United States...
Página 447 - That hereafter in all new light-houses, and in all light-houses requiring new lighting apparatus, and in all light-houses as yet unsupplied with illuminating apparatus, the lens or Fresnel system shall be adopted, if, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, the public interest will be subserved thereby.
Página 555 - Pot rock once removed, Hell Gate would be less dangerous by one-half, and the eddies, which are now the cause of half the difficulties, would in a measure disappear.
Página 447 - Stales, and make a general detailed report and programme to guide legislation in extending and improving our present system of construction, illumination, inspection, and superintendence: but no additional compensation shall be allowed any person serving on said board.
Página 495 - Survey. AD BACHE, LL. D., Superintendent Coast Survey. APPENDIX No. 33. Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey to the Secretary of the Treasury, in regard to the expediency of placing buoys in Mosquito inlet, Florida, and transmitting the report of Lieutenant Commanding John Rodgcrs, United States navy, cusistani in the coast survey.
Página 131 - Placing the maximum of the semi-diurnal curve at 0 hours, in the hypothesis that the high water of the diurnal curve is nine hours in advance of that of the semi-diurnal curve, the two curves cross the line of mean water at three hours, the diurnal curve rising and the semi-diurnal falling ; at six hours, the semidiurnal curve has reached its maximum, and rises again at nine hours to its intersection with the mean...
Página 148 - Here and there a few heads or large patches, or even extensive flats of corals, reach the level of low-water mark, and may occasionally be seen above the surface of the waters, when the sea is more agitated than by the simple action of the tides. In other places coral sands or loose fragments of corals, larger or smaller boulders, detached from lower parts of the living reef, are thrown upon its dying summits, and thus form the first accumulation of solid materials, rising permanently above low-water...
Página 446 - Treasury shall designate shall report, in any of the cases herein provided for, that preliminary surveys are necessary to determine the site of a proposed light-house or light-boat, beacon or buoy, or to ascertain more fully what the public exigency demands, the Secretary of the Treasury shall...