The practicability and importance of a ship canal to connect the Atlantic & Pacific oceans. With a history of the enterprise from its first inception to the completion of the surveys. Including the instructions from F. M. Kelley, esq., to William Kennish, esq., civil engineer.--Report of Mr. Kenish's survey, with accompanying plates, and a paper upon the theory of the tides.--Confirmatory report of E. W. Serrell, esq., consulting engineer.--And an essay upon the importance of the canal in its relations to the commerce of the world.
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- The practicability and importance of a ship canal to connect the Atlantic & Pacific oceans. With a history of the enterprise from its first inception to the completion of the surveys. Including the instructions from F. M. Kelley, esq., to William Kennish, esq., civil engineer.--Report of Mr. Kenish's survey, with accompanying plates, and a paper upon the theory of the tides.--Confirmatory report of E. W. Serrell, esq., consulting engineer.--And an essay upon the importance of the canal in its relations to the commerce of the world.
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"The practicability and importance of a ship canal to connect the Atlantic & Pacific oceans. With a history of the enterprise from its first inception to the completion of the surveys. Including the instructions from F. M. Kelley, esq., to William Kennish, esq., civil engineer.--Report of Mr. Kenish's survey, with accompanying plates, and a paper upon the theory of the tides.--Confirmatory report of E. W. Serrell, esq., consulting engineer.--And an essay upon the importance of the canal in its relations to the commerce of the world." In the digital collection Making of America Books. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ajq2697.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 17, 2024.