North American Geologic Formation Names: Bibliography, Synonymy and DistributionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1902 - 448 páginas |
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18th Ann 2d Ann Acad Algonkian Archean Arroyo Atlas of U. S. barrio in municipal beds branch of Rio Bull Cambrian Carboniferous Clark Coal Measures coast of municipal coast of province Colorado conglomerate Creek Cretaceous Devonian district in province district of San Eocene Exact syn Final Rept Folio formation Geog Geological Habana Province Helderberg Hill Hist Included in Coal Included in Eocene Included in Lower Included in Upper Iowa Geol Jour Juratrias Kansas limestone Lower Carboniferous Lower Silurian Matanzas miles Missouri municipal district north coast Ohio Geol Pennsylvania Pinar del Rio platinum Pleistocene point on north Population Proc province of Habana province of Matanzas province of Pinar province of Puerto province of Santa province of Santiago Puerto Principe Punta River rock sandstone Santa Clara Santiago Province shale Surv Tennessee Tertiary Texas Geol U. S. Geol Univ village in municipal West Virginia Winchell
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Página 32 - River; then, following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London and 23 from Washington ; then, crossing the said Red River, and running thence, by a line due north, to the river Arkansas; thence, following the course of the southern bank of the Arkansas, to its source, in latitude 42 north; and thence, by that parallel of latitude, to the South Sea.
Página 2 - Greenwich is intersected by the parallel of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, and shall run from said point due west to the meridian of one hundred and three degrees west from Greenwich; thence her boundary shall run due south to the thirty-second degree of north latitude ; thence on the said parallel of thirty-two degrees of north latitude to the Rio Bravo del Norte, and thence with the channel of said river to the Gulf of Mexico.
Página 2 - AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States, in conjunction with the State of Texas, to run and mark the boundary lines between the Territories of the United States and the State of Texas.
Página 32 - Spanish possessions was defined, in part, as beginning at the mouth of the Sabine River and continuing along the western bank of that river to the thirty-second parallel; "thence by a line due north to the degree of latitude where it strikes the Rio Roxo of Natchitoches, or Red River; then following the course of the Rio Roxo westward to the degree of longitude 100° west from London...
Página 2 - Beginning at the point where the one hundredth degree of longitude west from Greenwich crosses Red River; and running thence north to the point where said one hundredth degree of longitude intersects the parallel of thirty -six. degrees thirty minutes north latitude; and thence west...
Página 81 - ... 2. — Large and permanent placers are. to be looked for only in very old land areas which have been subjected to protracted degradation and concentration.
Página 35 - the boundary line between said Public Land Strip and Texas, and between Texas and New Mexico, established under the act of June fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, is hereby confirmed," and a joint resolution was passed by the Legislature of Texas and became a law March 25, 1891 "confirming the location of the boundary line established by the United States...
Página 6 - This is a mound of very sandy soil; it has a bottle buried in it which contains the latitude and longitude of the point, a list of the names of the members of the Commission, and the date of its erection.
Página 14 - Kansas to set up a new monument at a point some 2± miles to the east of the one originally placed there. I accordingly went up the Cimarron to the point indicated, and retraced that part of the thirty-seventh parallel from the old monument to the meridian of 103 . as laid down upon the map accompanying my instructions, and at the intersection of these two geographical lines I erected a rough stone monument. The original monument above alluded to is of earth and sods. This duty was finished aliont...
Página 5 - It is unnecessary to speak of this at length, since the events of that struggle are recent and well known. The aboriginal inhabitants of Cuba have been variously estimated at from 200,000 to 1,000,000. In all probability the former figures are nearer the truth. Upon the settlement of the island by the Europeans these natives were promptly enslaved and put to work on the plantations and in the mines, where they soon succumbed to hard work, and within fifty years of the date of the first colonization,...