Michigan Engineers' Annual Containing the Proceedings of the Michigan Engineering Society, Volumes 13-151892 |
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... inch hole while exploring for the new lock 112 feet deep , for $ 3.50 per foot , in sandstone mostly , by means of a soft iron tube 24 inches long , with chilled iron shot , No. 12 to 14 under the edge of it , using a stream of water ...
... inch hole while exploring for the new lock 112 feet deep , for $ 3.50 per foot , in sandstone mostly , by means of a soft iron tube 24 inches long , with chilled iron shot , No. 12 to 14 under the edge of it , using a stream of water ...
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... inches in size . If any of you gentlemen see any way by which the contractor can escape his duty under these circumstances , Mr. Ripley would be glad to know it . I was asked to say something about the dredges . I cannot say much to ...
... inches in size . If any of you gentlemen see any way by which the contractor can escape his duty under these circumstances , Mr. Ripley would be glad to know it . I was asked to say something about the dredges . I cannot say much to ...
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... of the White Star liners , and found that the straining of that vessel , when she was running before the sea amounted to six inches , with perhaps 300 feet of deck . PRESIDENT : Oh , yes ; more than that perhaps PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS . 29.
... of the White Star liners , and found that the straining of that vessel , when she was running before the sea amounted to six inches , with perhaps 300 feet of deck . PRESIDENT : Oh , yes ; more than that perhaps PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS . 29.
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... inches , three or four little openings would be cut across , which would open channels for the pene- tration of moisture , and soon cause the polished surface to disappear . It does not seem to be a desirable stone for a marble that is ...
... inches , three or four little openings would be cut across , which would open channels for the pene- tration of moisture , and soon cause the polished surface to disappear . It does not seem to be a desirable stone for a marble that is ...
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... inch auger hole bored into it . Into this hole a spruce pole about two feet long , two inches thick , with a wedged end , was driven firmly . A hole was bored through the lower end of this stick large enough to let the anchor rope pass ...
... inch auger hole bored into it . Into this hole a spruce pole about two feet long , two inches thick , with a wedged end , was driven firmly . A hole was bored through the lower end of this stick large enough to let the anchor rope pass ...
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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.