Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Том 3F. Hunt, 1840 |
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... into ridges fifty or sixty feet high , a mile inland . We wished that a place so important had possessed more of mark or note . It was scarcely censurable to regret that there was not a mountain to Discovery of the Northwest Passage . 55.
... into ridges fifty or sixty feet high , a mile inland . We wished that a place so important had possessed more of mark or note . It was scarcely censurable to regret that there was not a mountain to Discovery of the Northwest Passage . 55.
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... feet by 16 , covered with canvass , was during the month of November enclosed , and the roof covered with snow from four to seven feet thick , which , being saturated with water when the temperature was 15 deg . below zero , immediately ...
... feet by 16 , covered with canvass , was during the month of November enclosed , and the roof covered with snow from four to seven feet thick , which , being saturated with water when the temperature was 15 deg . below zero , immediately ...
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... feet ; on the west side , 440 feet ; on the north side , 410 feet ; and on the east side , 245 feet . Within this space are nine open courts , a spacious rotunda , numerous public offices , court and committee rooms , an armory , & c ...
... feet ; on the west side , 440 feet ; on the north side , 410 feet ; and on the east side , 245 feet . Within this space are nine open courts , a spacious rotunda , numerous public offices , court and committee rooms , an armory , & c ...
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... feet in width , and 8 feet in depth , extending from the head of Pawtucket Falls to Concord river . This canal has locks at its outlet into Concord river ; it also serves for the passage of boats up and down the Merrimack . From this ...
... feet in width , and 8 feet in depth , extending from the head of Pawtucket Falls to Concord river . This canal has locks at its outlet into Concord river ; it also serves for the passage of boats up and down the Merrimack . From this ...
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... feet and decimal parts of a foot the depths from the under side of the upper deck to the ceiling of the limber strake . In the case of a break in the upper deck , the depths are to be measured from a line stretching in continuation of ...
... feet and decimal parts of a foot the depths from the under side of the upper deck to the ceiling of the limber strake . In the case of a break in the upper deck , the depths are to be measured from a line stretching in continuation of ...
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