| Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - 1821 - 470 Seiten
...prevalent expectation. To aid in the determination, the Island of Iris, which extends from the brink 46 ef the Fall, up the river, and which is now connected with the shore, by a woodwi bridge, appears to present great facilities. A simple measurement of its length, with a monument... | |
| 1907 - 874 Seiten
...anticipations, if iu progress is found, greatly to exceed the prevalent expectation. To aid in I he determination, the Island of Iris, which extends from...bridge, appears to present great facilities. A simple measuremi nt of its length, with a monument for recording ii at its head, would convert it into a graduated... | |
| New York (State) Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara - 1903 - 1754 Seiten
...expectation. To aid in the determination, the Island of Iris, which extends from the brink of the Fail, up the river, and which is now connected with the...indentation of the Horse Shoe Fall, could, in like manner, be perpetuated on either shore, by a series of corresponding celestial observations, for determining... | |
| Henry Gannett - 1906 - 644 Seiten
...was in fonner ages. * * * Mans and descriptions are now extant, which will enable us to fix the ra'e of its progress, on the expiration of the present...measurement of its length, with a monument for recording ii at its head, would convert it into a graduated scale, and the point of the indentation of the Horse... | |
| Charles Mason Dow - 1921 - 774 Seiten
...sections of the Union. Maps and descriptions are now extant, which will enable us to fix the rate 29 449 of its progress, on the expiration of the present...indentation of the Horse Shoe Fall, could, in like manner, be perpetuated on either shore, by a series of corresponding celestial observations, for determining... | |
| Charles Mason Dow - 1921 - 764 Seiten
...fix the rate 29 449 1820 of its progress, on the expiration of the present century, and we choo craft should not be disappointed in our anticipations, if...indentation of the Horse Shoe Fall, could, in like manner, be perpetuated on either shore, by a series of corresponding celestial observations, for determining... | |
| Charles Mason Dow - 1921 - 772 Seiten
...rate 29 449 1820 of its progress, on the expiration of the present century, and we Schoolcraft shoul<j not be disappointed in our anticipations, if its progress...indentation of the Horse Shoe Fall, could, in like manner, be perpetuated on either shore, by a series of corresponding celestial observations, for determining... | |
| New York (State). Legislature - 1921 - 784 Seiten
...the rate 1820 of its progress, on the expiration of the present century, and we Schoolcraft snould not be disappointed in our anticipations, if its progress...indentation of the Horse Shoe Fall, could, in like manner, be perpetuated on either shore, by a series of corresponding celestial observations, for determining... | |
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