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Scientific American, Vol. 80, No. 21 (May 1899) (1899)
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7 feet. Father point narrows considerably, the confined 3CO Hennepin was the first of a host of word- waters rush down tumultuously at an es- <?cc painters who have attempted to portray timated speed of 30 miles an hour, and <fcc' this surpassing sight—and failed. Niagara •the effect, as one stands… … that Niagara is a truly imposing river. precipitous escarpment or bluff, the The interruption to navigation pre- ground rising to a height of 374 feet above THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF NIAGARA FALLS. © 1899 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC.Niagara · Patents · Bicycle · Color · Falls · Apparatus · Scientific American · Munn · Smokeless powder · Patent office · Niagara falls · Fiscal year · Horse power · Cubic feet · Power house · White light · Caustic potash
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