 ... of a fireproof building for the library, remains as urgent as before. The conflagration which destroyed a large part of the City of Chelsea, last spring, shows that the best protection from such a disaster is a large open space. The grounds of the...  The Iditarod-Ruby Region, Alaska - Page 44by Henry Miner Eakin - 1914 - 45 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Shertzer Hittell - Agriculture - 1863 - 494 pages
...desolate, that an excursion to them is accompanied by serious hardships. The volcanoes cover a space a quarter of a mile long and an eighth of a mile wide ; this area is of soft mud, through which hot water and steam are constantly escaping. The noise can... | |
 | American Medical Association - Electronic journals - 1866 - 896 pages
...the sea. In this locality some remarkable mud volcanoes are to be seen, covering a space of about a quarter of a mile long and an eighth of a mile wide. This area is of soft mud, through which hot water and steam are constantly escaping. The vapor rises... | |
 | Charles William Wilson, Charles Warren - Bible - 1871 - 630 pages
...above the plain. Mount Tabor is a very remarkable feature. It has a flat summit, a little less than a quarter of a mile long, and an eighth of a mile wide, and it stands not quite isolated, though on its north-western side it is joined to the Nazareth hills... | |
 | John Shertzer Hittell - California - 1874 - 490 pages
...desolate, that an excursion to them is accompanied by serious hardships. The volcanoes cover a space of a quarter of a mile long, and an eighth of a mile wide ; this area is of soft it*ud, through which hot water and steam are constantly escaping. The noise... | |
 | Harvard College Observatory - Astronomy - 1903 - 308 pages
...disaster is a large open space. The grounds of the Botanic Garden and Observatory form such a space, a quarter of a mile long, and an eighth of a mile wide. Many small fires occur in the district northwest of the Observatory, which, with a strong wind like... | |
 | Harvard University - 1908 - 1088 pages
...disaster is a large open space. The grounds of the Botanic Garden and Observatory form such a space, a quarter of a mile long, and an eighth of a mile wide. Many small fires occur in the district northwest of the Observatory, which, with a strong wind like... | |
 | Harvard University - 1908 - 1250 pages
...disaster is a large open space. The grounds of the Botanic Garden and Observatory form such a space, a quarter of a mile long, and an eighth of a mile wide. Many small fires occur in the district northwest of the Observatory, which, with a strong wind like... | |
 | 1909 - 560 pages
...disaster is a large open space. The grounds of the Botanic Garden and Observatory form such a space, a quarter of a mile long, and an eighth of a mile wide. Many small fires occur in the district northwest of the Observatory, which, with a strong wind like... | |
 | Geology - 1918 - 982 pages
...crosses the south section line. The largest outcrop is a little east of the center and is more than a quarter of a mile long and an eighth of a mile wide. Though extensive, the rock is to be recommended only for rough masonry or crushing. It lacks uniformity... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - Geology - 1918 - 324 pages
...crosses the south section line. The largest outcrop is a little east of the center and is more than a quarter of a mile long and an eighth of a mile wide. Though extensive, the rock is to be recommended only for rough masonry or crushing. It lacks uniformity... | |
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