Annual Report, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 |
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... Practically all the crude platinum from Colombia and part of the New Zealand output is coming to the United States for refining . The position of American zinc in the world market is most striking ; in the first half of 1914 the exports ...
... Practically all the crude platinum from Colombia and part of the New Zealand output is coming to the United States for refining . The position of American zinc in the world market is most striking ; in the first half of 1914 the exports ...
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... practically the one lubricant of the world to - day . Not a railroad wheel turns without its way being smoothed by it . We can make light and heat by hydroelectric power , but the great turbines move on bearings that are smothered in ...
... practically the one lubricant of the world to - day . Not a railroad wheel turns without its way being smoothed by it . We can make light and heat by hydroelectric power , but the great turbines move on bearings that are smothered in ...
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... practically to my attention on a trip made in the late spring to the lower valley of the Colorado River . On the Arizona side of this river the Government is reclaiming the desert . That lowland will grow REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ...
... practically to my attention on a trip made in the late spring to the lower valley of the Colorado River . On the Arizona side of this river the Government is reclaiming the desert . That lowland will grow REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ...
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... practically to completion four large and interesting dams , as follows : The highest dam in the world - the Arrowrock Dam in Idaho . The dam empounding the largest quantity of water of any arti- ficial reservoir in the word , except ...
... practically to completion four large and interesting dams , as follows : The highest dam in the world - the Arrowrock Dam in Idaho . The dam empounding the largest quantity of water of any arti- ficial reservoir in the word , except ...
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... practically 120 miles long by 90 miles wide and extending from Tucson , Ariz . , westwardly nearly to the Colorado River , and southerly from the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad to the northern boundary of Mexico . Scattered over ...
... practically 120 miles long by 90 miles wide and extending from Tucson , Ariz . , westwardly nearly to the Colorado River , and southerly from the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad to the northern boundary of Mexico . Scattered over ...
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Page 276 - That five per centum of the proceeds of the sales of public lands lying within said State which shall be sold by the United States subsequent to the admission of said State into the Union, after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to the said State, to be used as a permanent fund, the interest of which only shall be expended for the support of the common schools within said State.
Page 1052 - States is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments...
Page 663 - British thermal unit is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water 1° F.
Page 470 - New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia. 2. The...
Page 1079 - Interior, who shall administer and protect the same under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 8, 1906, entitled "An Act for the preservation of American antiquities...
Page 1044 - Hunting or killing, wounding, or capturing any bird or wild animal on the park lands, except dangerous animals when necessary to prevent them from destroying life or inflicting an injury, is prohibited. The outfits, including guns, traps, teams, horses, or means of transportation used by persons engaged in hunting, killing, trapping, ensnaring, or capturing such birds or wild animals, or in possession of game killed on the park lands under...
Page 536 - Harrison, the area mapped being 30 square miles, for publication on the scale of 1 :62,500, with a contour interval of 20 feet. For the control of the...
Page 974 - An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States...
Page 457 - Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination of the Geological Structure, mineral resources and products of the national domain...
Page 1033 - Private notices or advertisements shall not be posted or displayed within the park, except such as may be necessary for the convenience and guidance of the public, upon buildings on leased ground.