Annual Report of the Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara |
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... observations were taken , to imprint a different character upon the Falls , at the close of every century . Nothing in the examination of the geological constitution , and mineral strata of our continent , conveys a more striking ...
... observations were taken , to imprint a different character upon the Falls , at the close of every century . Nothing in the examination of the geological constitution , and mineral strata of our continent , conveys a more striking ...
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... observations , for determining the longi- tude of the extreme point of that incurvation . Distant ages would thus be furnished with data , the precision of which , would probably enable them to throw new and important lights on the ...
... observations , for determining the longi- tude of the extreme point of that incurvation . Distant ages would thus be furnished with data , the precision of which , would probably enable them to throw new and important lights on the ...
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... observations , to determine the rate at which the change is taking place . Associated with the idea of measuring the rate of recession was that of applying it to the determination of the time consumed by the river in the making of the ...
... observations , to determine the rate at which the change is taking place . Associated with the idea of measuring the rate of recession was that of applying it to the determination of the time consumed by the river in the making of the ...
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... observations have been made , no monument erected to determine whether the falls are retrograding or not . The testimony of living witnesses and historical evidence unite in confirming the opinion that the water is wearing away the rock ...
... observations have been made , no monument erected to determine whether the falls are retrograding or not . The testimony of living witnesses and historical evidence unite in confirming the opinion that the water is wearing away the rock ...
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... observation , so that in any one part the rate of retreat has been irregular ; and when the chart is closely scrutinized it is found that the different lines overlap one another at various points , so that if all of them were rigidly ...
... observation , so that in any one part the rate of retreat has been irregular ; and when the chart is closely scrutinized it is found that the different lines overlap one another at various points , so that if all of them were rigidly ...
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Abstract Administration Building American Fall Amount April Bell Telephone Buffalo Canada Canadian side Cataract Cave Chapter 810 Charles Commissioners Comptroller on account construction crest line cubic feet Date diversion of water Edward H Elderfield-Hartshorn Hardware electric electrical horsepower elevator employees and supplies ended September 30 Engineer Falls Hydraulic Power fiscal year ended Goat Island gorge Green Island Horseshoe Fall Humbert Inclined Railway July June KINGSFORD Laws Legislature Luna Island March Niagara Falls Power Niagara Falls Transfer Niagara river Pay-roll Payment penses Perry plies ployees Power & Manufacturing President Prospect Park Prospect Point Public Comfort Station rate of recession Receipts for month repairs to bridges Reservation at Niagara Riverway road Secretary September 30 services and expenses shaft and tunnel Superintendent survey talus Terrapin Point Three Sister Islands tion Treasurer treaty United Voucher wages of em wages of employees Wicker Lumber William Young York