 ... lakes are subject to any movements corresponding to tidal action. The result of these observations had convinced him that these waters do not rise and fall at stated periods, corresponding to the ebb and flow of the tide, but are subject to extraordinary...  Congressional Serial Set - Página 431849Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Wells Foster, Josiah Dwight Whitney - 1850 - 258 páginas
...beholder is alike impressed with a feeling of the grand and the infinite. During a residence of several summers on its borders, our attention has been directed...be independent of the action of the sun and moon. The average amount of rain which falls at Fort Brady is 29.5 inches; at Fort Howard, 35.7 inches. These... | |
 | 1850 - 436 páginas
...flow of the tide, but are subject to extraordinary risings, which are independent of the influence of the sun and moon. These risings attracted the attention of the earliest voyageurs in these regions. Charlevoix, who traversed the lakes nearly a century ago, says, in reference to Lake... | |
 | 1850 - 442 páginas
...flow of the tide, but are subject to extraordinary risings, which are independent of the influence of the sun and moon. These risings attracted the attention of the earliest voyageurs in these regions. Charlevoix, who traversed the lakes nearly a century ago, says, in reference to Lake... | |
 | 1850 - 432 páginas
...flow of the tide, but are subject to extraordinary risings, which are independent of the influence of the sun and moon. These risings attracted the attention of the earliest voyageurs in these regions. Charlevoix, who traversed the lakes nearly a century ago, says, in reference to Lake... | |
 | 1850 - 440 páginas
...flow of the tide, but are subject to extraordinary risings, which are independent of the influence of the sun and moon. These risings attracted the attention of the earliest rayagcurs in these regions. Charlevoix, who traversed the lakes nearly a century ago, says, in reference... | |
 | Samuel Elliott Coues - 1851 - 426 páginas
...flow of the tide, but are subject to extraordinary risings, which are independent of the influence of the sun and moon. These risings attracted the attention of the earliest voyageurs in these regions. Charlevoix, who traversed the lakes nearly a century ago, says in reference to Lake... | |
 | William Peter Strickland - 1860 - 444 páginas
...Castle and the Chapel. One who had resided upon the shores of Lake Superior for several summers says, " Our attention has been directed to the fluctuations...be independent of the action of the sun and moon." The Jesuit Fathers in 1670-1, had their attention called to these extraordinary swells. In their "Eelations,"... | |
 | William Peter Strickland - 1860 - 412 páginas
...Castle and the Chapel. One who had resided upon the shores of Lake Superior for several summers says, " Our attention has been directed to the fluctuations...be independent of the action of the sun and moon." The Jesuit Fathers in 1670-1, had their attention called to these extraordinary swells. In their "Relations,"... | |
 | 1855 - 1024 páginas
...beholder is alike impressed with a feeling of the grand and the infinite. During a residence of several summers on its borders, our attention has been directed...which appear to be independent of the action of the son and moon. "These risings attracted the attention of the earliest voyagers and they have not failed... | |
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