 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1856 - 384 pàgines
...been drawn up from one of them. They arc situated a short distance from the Susquehanna Kiver, and arc below its bed." In my reply to this letter Macomber's...detected, and the flame blows nearly west (the river is mud It). For the space of 10 or 12 feet down from the mouth of the well, there is not the least current... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1856 - 414 pàgines
...4th of July. " The well is situated in the highway, about one mile northwest of the village of Owego. There is no other well on that table of land, nor...water in the well is, at this date (Aug. 19th), 22 J feet. The water is about 18 inches deep, and its temperature was, at noon of this day, 47° Fahr.... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1856 - 962 pàgines
...4th of July. " The well is situated in the highway, about one mile northwest of the village of Owego. There is no other well on that table of land, nor...the water in the well is, at this date (Aug. 19th), 22J feet. The water is about 18 inches deep, and its temperature was, at noon of this day, 47° Fahr.... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1856 - 964 pàgines
...is settled at Owego, two letters in respect to this phenomenon, which show that it is not confined to one locality. In his first communication, dated...the water in the well is, at this date (Aug. 19th), 22J feet. The water is about 18 inches deep, and its temperature was, at noon of this day, 47° Fahr.... | |
 | John Stuart - 1864 - 74 pàgines
...obtain precise information showing how this was. Another analogous fact I found, by measuring the depth from the surface of the ground to the surface of the water, in a pit dug for drawing water by shadoofs, about one-third of the way from Luxor to Karnak, and about... | |
 | John Stuart - 1864 - 72 pàgines
...obtain precise information showing how this was. Another analogous fact I found, by measuring the depth from the surface of the ground to the surface of the water, in a pit dug for drawing water by shadoofs, about one-third of the way from Luxor to Karnak, and about... | |
 | Hugo Ziemssen - 1879 - 818 pàgines
...as of clay, the water accumulates above it to form what is called the ground-water of the locality. The distance from the surface of the ground to the surface of the water in any particular place is dependent in 1 There is one case on record where cattle have been killed by... | |
 | Massachusetts. State Board of Health - 1889 - 158 pàgines
...material of the marsh to restore the level of the surface. At Stations 1, 2 and 3 only two Distance down from the Surface of the Ground to the Surface of the Water In the Pits. Rate of Subsidence per 24 boa re at Area A. DATE. Feet. Inches. Au"" 30 Sept 4 . • . . 35 From... | |
 | 1898 - 1146 pàgines
...yards of material had bw-n taken out at a cost of $250,000, the average cuttings in the original canal from the surface of the ground to the surface of the water IMMIIL' about 8 feet. The development now in process l>y this company is very interpsting. A bulkhead... | |
 | 1899 - 1270 pàgines
...yards of material had been taken out at a cost of $250,000, the average cuttings in the original canal from the surface of the ground to the surface of the water being about 8 feet, The development now in process by this company is very interesting. A bulkhead... | |
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In my reply to this letter Macomber's well was mentioned, and certain observations and experiments suggested, which it was thought might tend towards the solution of the problem. In the second letter of Mr. Corning, he writes as follows : — • " The... 
