Michigan Engineers' Annual Containing the Proceedings of the Michigan Engineering Society, Volumes 10-141889 |
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... Rock Maple . 26.36 63.26 1283000 24.74 39.61 663000 28.20 45.00 1183000 35.23 50.15 1035000 43.08 68.75 2064000 16225 43.09 68.66 1043000 6797 5520 1120 5560 3615 900 8374 4875 890 9115 6175 1130 8670 3400 13679 7470 3500 32.84 52.52 ...
... Rock Maple . 26.36 63.26 1283000 24.74 39.61 663000 28.20 45.00 1183000 35.23 50.15 1035000 43.08 68.75 2064000 16225 43.09 68.66 1043000 6797 5520 1120 5560 3615 900 8374 4875 890 9115 6175 1130 8670 3400 13679 7470 3500 32.84 52.52 ...
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... Rock or Cork Elm Hackberry - Nettle Tree Buttonwood Butternut Black Walnut . Sycamore . 40 54 43.35 | 69.77 1340000 13160 7520 1950 64.54 1070000 11200 6220 2530 45.26 72.20 1550000 15520 8250 2760 45.41 72.08 970000 9150 5780 3650 ...
... Rock or Cork Elm Hackberry - Nettle Tree Buttonwood Butternut Black Walnut . Sycamore . 40 54 43.35 | 69.77 1340000 13160 7520 1950 64.54 1070000 11200 6220 2530 45.26 72.20 1550000 15520 8250 2760 45.41 72.08 970000 9150 5780 3650 ...
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... rocks of the whole lower Peninsula . In regard to these rock - names and others in use , it may be well to say a word in passing before speaking more particularly of the quality and value of stone from individual quarries . Rock ...
... rocks of the whole lower Peninsula . In regard to these rock - names and others in use , it may be well to say a word in passing before speaking more particularly of the quality and value of stone from individual quarries . Rock ...
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... rock depend fully as much on the character of the cement , which may make up only a small portion of the total volume , as they do on the rock fragments that compose the mass of the rock . Crystalline rocks occur in greatest abundance ...
... rock depend fully as much on the character of the cement , which may make up only a small portion of the total volume , as they do on the rock fragments that compose the mass of the rock . Crystalline rocks occur in greatest abundance ...
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... rock mass , in consequence of slow chemical changes that take place in them when exposed to the action of air and ... rock's breaking or cracking under the load it has to carry , if only ordinary care is exercised in its selection ...
... rock mass , in consequence of slow chemical changes that take place in them when exposed to the action of air and ... rock's breaking or cracking under the load it has to carry , if only ordinary care is exercised in its selection ...
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Page 114 - I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou shouldst lead me on; I loved to choose and see my path; but now lead thou me on. I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, pride ruled my will: remember not past years. So long thy power hath blest me, sure it still will lead me on, o'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till the night is gone, and with the morn those angel faces smile, which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.
Page 25 - Whether, as rules of property, it would now be safe to change these doctrines where they have been applied, as before remarked, is for the several States themselves to determine. If they choose to resign to the riparian proprietor rights which properly belong to them in their sovereign capacity, it is not for others to raise objections.
Page 83 - And the boundary lines which shall not have been actually run and marked as aforesaid shall be ascertained by running straight lines from the established corners to the opposite corresponding corners...
Page 113 - Their instruments are in general use by the US Government Engineers, Geologists and Surveyors, and the range of instruments, as made by them for River, Harbor, City, Bridge...
Page 26 - grants of land, bounded on rivers, or upon the margins of the same, "ur along the same, above tide water, carry the exclusive right and "title of the grantee to the centre of the stream, unless the terms of "the grant clearly denote the intention to stop at the edge or mar"gin of the river...
Page 201 - The State shall not be a party to or interested in any work of internal improvement, nor engaged in carrying on any such work, except in the expenditure of grants to the State of land or other property.
Page 68 - Adjustments under varying temperatures ; Stiffness to avoid any tremor, even in a strong wind, and Thorough Workmanship in every part. Their Instruments are in general use by the...
Page 55 - All the corners marked in the surveys returned by the surveyor-general shall bo established as the proper corners of sections, or subdivisions of sections, which they were intended to designate, and the corners of half and quarter sections, not marked on the surveys, shall be placed as nearly as possible equidistant from two corners which stand on the same line.
Page 55 - And in all cases where the exterior lines of the townships, thus to be subdivided into sections or half sections, shall exceed or shall not extend six miles, the excess or deficiency shall be specially noted, and added to or deducted from the western and northern ranges of sections or half sections in such township, according as the error may be in. running the lines from east to west, or from south to north.
Page 69 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use, shall make just compensation for property taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury, or destruction.