Bulletin, Volume 1, Issues 1-25U.S. Government Printing Office, 1893 |
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accomplished or information acres agonic line Alaska Area of natural Assistant average Bogue Sound bottom is soft boundary Brant Island Cape Carteret County channel Coast and Geodetic Comp'd Core Sound Creek currents declination deep water density depth of water eastern eastward Entry extends Geodetic Survey give early announcement Harbor hard sand Hog Island Hyde County Inlet intersection knots per hour latitude Lick Observatory line drawn located Long Shoal longitude low water magnetic marshes mean metre micrometer middle mile wide miles long mouth narrow natural beds natural oyster beds Neuse River northern northward observations one-half miles oyster culture oyster-beds Pamplico Sound portion Public Grounds Roanoke Sound Royal Shoal Sandy Hook scattered oysters shell-fish shells shore line slues small beds soft mud southward specific gravity stations sticky thence running tide total area triangulation point tributaries U. S. Coast western westward width wind yards