Michigan Engineers' Annual Containing the Proceedings of the Michigan Engineering Society, Volumes 13-151892 |
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... better tell a story or not , but when I say we come here to learn , that word learn impresses me . Conceit , of all other things , is out of place it seems to me , amongst our class . I was once in the city of Philadelphia and called ...
... better tell a story or not , but when I say we come here to learn , that word learn impresses me . Conceit , of all other things , is out of place it seems to me , amongst our class . I was once in the city of Philadelphia and called ...
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... better now than it will five years from now . I fear that the frost will make its way in and that the sharp corners will be rounded off . In a report of some analyses of those building stones at Portage lake , I am informed there is a ...
... better now than it will five years from now . I fear that the frost will make its way in and that the sharp corners will be rounded off . In a report of some analyses of those building stones at Portage lake , I am informed there is a ...
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... way of sounding may do for bays , lakes and quiet streams , but where the current is swift and the bottom rocky , some better way must be found to insure accuracy . 1 ļ " ļ 2EM THE SEWERAGE OF MEDINA , 54 MICHIGAN ENGINEERING SOCIETY .
... way of sounding may do for bays , lakes and quiet streams , but where the current is swift and the bottom rocky , some better way must be found to insure accuracy . 1 ļ " ļ 2EM THE SEWERAGE OF MEDINA , 54 MICHIGAN ENGINEERING SOCIETY .
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... better . Let us turn over a leaf and look on the other side , and look at a different picture , if possible ; and why not possible ? We should be able to make a better showing in this passably mature age of the world . There will be ...
... better . Let us turn over a leaf and look on the other side , and look at a different picture , if possible ; and why not possible ? We should be able to make a better showing in this passably mature age of the world . There will be ...
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... better average of the general surface of the ground , by taking cross sections where the surface of the ground changes ; but we nearly eliminate the pyramid correction , and the average end areas will give a result not far from the ...
... better average of the general surface of the ground , by taking cross sections where the surface of the ground changes ; but we nearly eliminate the pyramid correction , and the average end areas will give a result not far from the ...
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Page 14 - 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 129 - 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 86 - Miami river of the lake, then and in that case, with the assent of the Congress of the United States, the northern boundary of this State shall be established by, and extend to, a direct line running from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the most northerly cape of the Miami bay...
Page 130 - But grants of land, bounded on rivers, or upon margins of the same, or along the same, above tide water, carry the exclusive right and title of the grantee to the center of the stream, unless the terms of the grant clearly denote the intention to stop at the edge or margin of the river...
Page 121 - 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 235 - 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 191 - CO., who have had nearly fifty years' experience in the patent business. Communications strictly confidential. A Ilanilbnnk of Information concerning 1'ntents and bow to obtain them sent free. Also a catalogue of mechanical and scientific books sent free. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice in the Scientific American, and thus are brought widely before the public without cost to the inventor.
Page 249 - 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.