 | New York (State) Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara - 1903 - 1754 Seiten
...years that I have remained at Niagara, very few pieces of the rock have fallen down which were largo enough to make any sensible alteration in the brink;...least receded. If we adopt the opinion of the Falls n McCauslin, Robert, An account of an earthy substance found near the Falls of Niagara and vulgarly... | |
 | Henry Gannett - 1906 - 644 Seiten
...considerable variat ions. This retrocession of the Falls does not by any means go on so quickly as sonic have imagined. During nine years that I have remained...retired six miles, and if we suppose the world to be 5,7(X) years old, this will give about sixty-six inches and an half for a year, or sixteen yards and... | |
 | Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) - 1911 - 456 Seiten
...quickly as some have imagined. During nine years that I have remained at Niagara, very few pieces of rock have fallen down which were large enough to make...retired six miles, and if we suppose the world to be 5700 years old, this will give above 66 l / 2 inches for a year, or 16% yards for nine years, which... | |
 | Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) - 1911 - 458 Seiten
...remained at Niagara, very few pieces of rock have fallen down which were large enough to make anysensible alteration in the brink; and in the space of two years...retired six miles, and if we suppose the world to be 5700 years old, this will give above 66^2 inches for a year, or 16% yards for nine years, which I venture... | |
 | Charles Mason Dow - 1921 - 776 Seiten
...years that I have remained at Niagara, very few pieces of the 1789 McCauilin 1790 Maclajr 1796 Priert rock have fallen down which were large enough to make...retired six miles, and if we suppose the world to be 5700 years old, this will give above sixty-six inches and a half for a year, or sixteen yards and two-thirds... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature - 1921 - 784 Seiten
...years that I have remained at Niagara, very few pieces of the 1789 McCauilin 1790 MacUy 1796 Print rock have fallen down which were large enough to make...retired six miles, and if we suppose the world to be 5700 years old. this will give above sixty-six inches and a half for a year, or sixteen yards and two-thirds... | |
 | National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) - 1926 - 624 Seiten
...far as to propose and to discredit a curious method of determining the rate of the Falls recession: "If we adopt the opinion of the Falls having retired six miles, and if we suppose the earth to be 5,700 years old, this will give about sixty-six inches and a half for a year, or sixteen... | |
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Niagara, very few pieces of the rock have fallen down which were large enough to make any sensible alteration in the brink ; and in the space of two years I could not perceive, by a pretty accurate measurement, that the North-East brink had in the least... 