A Note on Fort Massapeag

1954 ◽  
Vol 20 (01) ◽  
pp. 67-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlyle S. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Long Island ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Real Estate Development ◽  
Nassau County ◽  
The North ◽  
North Wall ◽  
The Village ◽  
Made In

Prior to 1950 Fort Massapeag was a well preserved earthwork covered by a dense growth of trees, bushes and trailing vines. In August 1953 I learned that the site had been virtually obliterated by the action of bulldozers making way for the extension of Harbor Green, a real estate development adjacent to the village of Massapequa, Long Island. George Peters of the De Department of Public Works, Nassau County, showed me a map on which traces of the earthwork had been plotted before the bulldozers had scraped and furrowed the area, but after the north wall and ditch had been dug away. A visit to the site was unrewarding. A heavy growth of weeds along with a pile of uprooted trees completely masked the area where the fort had stood. At this writing negotiations are in progress for the acquisition of the site by Nassau County in order to preserve what remains. Figure 28 is based on maps made in 1937 and 1938.

On the Chloride Waters of Great Britain

1945 ◽  
Vol 82 (6) ◽  
pp. 267-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
The South ◽  
Very Old ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Exact Position ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Village ◽  
Made In

Formerly there were several surface brine springs in the North-East Coalfield; to-day there are none. From the many accounts of their occurrence nothing has been learned of their exact position, and very little of the composition of their waters. The earliest record, made in 1684, described the Butterby spring (Todd, 1684), and then at various times during the next two centuries brine springs at Framwellgate, Lumley, Birtley, Walker, Wallsend, Hebburn, and Jarrow were noted. In particular the Birtley salt spring is often mentioned, and on the 6-in. Ordnance map, Durham No. 13, 1862 edition, it is sited to the south-east of the village. Although no record has been found there must have been either a brine spring or well at Gateshead, for the name of the present-day suburb, Saltwell, is very old, and brine springs are still active in the coal workings of that area.

scholarly journals XV. Observations for ascertaining the length of the pendulum at Madras in the East Indies, latitude 13° 4' 9", 1 N. with the conclusions drawn from the same

1822 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 127-170 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Sun ◽  
East Indies ◽  
The North ◽  
North Wall ◽  
Made In ◽  
Satisfactory Manner

The object of the enquiry in this paper has been considered at all times one of interest and importance, and is particularly so at present, when investigations have been completed in Europe, by order of some of the governments there; such as, with reference to their accuracy, had never before been made in any quarter of the globe, so far as comes within my recollection. I had seen the details of Captain Kater's experiments in the Philosophical Transactions, and he also did me the favour to send me out a copy of his Paper. The simplicity and accuracy of the apparatus induced me to write to that Gentleman, requesting he would have the goodness to order a similar one to be sent to me. This request he not only most readily complied with, but made the experiments requisite for enabling me to draw the conclusions; and thence to form the comparison with the results obtained in Europe. The apparatus arrived in March, and I immediately set about fixing it; which, notwithstanding the little solid assistance to be obtained in an operation of this nature from workmen in this country, I was enabled to effect in a most satisfactory manner; and I am led to hope, these observations will not be deemed unworthy the attention of the learned in Europe. The clock used in these experiments has a gridiron pendulum, the motion being given by a spring; the maker's name is Haswell, and the works are of the best description: it was fixed to the north wall of the Observatory, which is of solid masonry two feet in thickness: the rate was ascertained by comparisons with the transit clock each day, at the commencement and conclusion of the experiments: the transit of the noon before the comparison, and that after, were used in finding this rate; so that four results were obtained from the two comparisons: the transit clock, which is an excellent time keeper, was regulated by transits of the sun and stars; the weather fortunately having been clear, both at noon and at night, during the time the experiments were making.

scholarly journals A Fragment of the ‘Edictum Diocletiani.’

1905 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 260-262
Author(s):  
Edward S. Forster
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
White Marble ◽  
The North ◽  
North Wall ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Church

During a journey in the spring of last year along the east coast of the Messenian Gulf I took an impression of a fragment of a Latin inscription built into the north wall of the Church of Hagios Taxiarches in the village of Oetylus.The fragment is of white marble and is broken on every side. It measures ̇47 m. in height and ̇21 m. in width. The letters measure ̇013 m.

Tree Rings, Valley Floor Deposition, and Erosion in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

1937 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donovan Senter
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Tree Rings ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Valley Floor ◽  
Chaco Canyon ◽  
The North ◽  
Land Surfaces ◽  
North Wall ◽  
Burial Grounds ◽  
Made In

Excavations made in 1928 at the north wall of the large pueblo of Chetro Ketl in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, indicated that there had been fourteen feet of sandy fill in the canyon at that point since the foundations of the pueblo were laid. Sherds in the walls of the Chaco arroyo likewise pointed to considerable fill since the occupation of the large Chaco pueblos in the late 9th to early 12th centuries. This has raised the question of rate of deposition on the valley floor and of land surface levels during and since the time of prehistoric occupation. Linked with the problem of old land surfaces was that of burials, which have been notable for their scarcity in this canyon, and it seemed that an investigation of these old surfaces might yield some information on the possibility of burial grounds deep below the present surface.

scholarly journals Explorations in Aeolis

1882 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 218-227
Author(s):  
A. H. Sayce
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Form ◽  
River Flows ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Village ◽  
Made In

In his valuable Contributions to the History of Southern Aeolis, Mr. Ramsay remarks (Journ. Hell. Stud. II. 2, p. 278): ‘In the plain of the Kodja we might expect more than one Aeolic settlement, if it be fully explored.’ This prediction was verified a few months only after it was written by discoveries made in this district in the spring of 1881, by Mr. George Dennis, M. Salomon Reinach, M. Baltazzi, and myself. I published a brief account of them in the Academy of April 9th, 1881, and M. Reinach has alluded to them, in the history of his excavations on the site of Myrina, in the Bulletin de Correspondence hellénique April 1882; but do details in regard to them have yet appeared. These details I now propose to give, throwing the account of them, for the sake of convenience, into narrative form.Mr. Ramsay has already explained the topography of the coast from Myrina to Kymê. Midway between the two, about two and a half miles from Kyniê and three from Myrina, stands the little Greek village of Ali Aghá, while the Koja Chai, or ‘Big River,’ flows into the sea just below the ancient acropolis of Myrina, now known as Kalabassary. The Koja runs in an easterly direction, turning slightly to the north about eight miles from its mouth, towards the ruins of Namrût Kalessi, already described by both Mr. Ramsay and M. Reinach. Before entering the sea it is joined by a stream which runs past the village of Güzel Hissár.

On the Ancient Hecatompedon which occupied the site of the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens

1891 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 275-297
Author(s):  
F. C. Penrose
Keyword(s):  
High Probability ◽  
The South ◽  
South Side ◽  
The North ◽  
The Many ◽  
North Wall ◽  
Made In

Amongst the many interesting discoveries made in the excavations carried on chiefly during the year 1889 between the Parthenon and the citadel wall were two inscriptions which were put together by Herr Lolling and published in the Athena for 1890. These show that a temple named the Hecatompedon existed at Athens previous to the Persian invasion. It is the object of this article to show that this Hecatompedon occupied the same site as the present Parthenon.Previous to the discovery by Dr. Dörpfeld of the site of the great archaic temple between the Erechtheum and the Parthenon, and the views which he has propounded with respect to its theoretical restoration, every archaeologist was disposed to agree with Col. Leake that an earlier Parthenon had existed—and must have supposed that the sub-basement on the south side of the Parthenon and the entablatures which are so well known to visitors to Athens, which have been built into the north wall of the Acropolis, originally belonged to each other; and I propose in the first instance to endeavour to show what a high probability there is for the correctness of this view, and afterwards to discuss the newer theory both in its bearings on the substructure of the Parthenon and on such of the extant remains as undoubtedly belonged to the archaic temple itself.

White Cat Village

1949 ◽  
Vol 14 (4Part1) ◽  
pp. 285-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Champe
Keyword(s):  
Normal Level ◽  
Missouri River ◽  
Maximum Level ◽  
Preliminary Survey ◽  
Prairie Dog ◽  
The North ◽  
North Bank ◽  
The Village ◽  
Harlan County ◽  
Made In

White Cat Village, a newly-explored site of the Dismal River Aspect, is located on Prairie Dog Creek about 3 miles above the point where it joins the Republican River from the south. The greater part of the village is included within a 70-acre field just southwest of the center of Section 24, Township IN, Range 18W, some 6 miles southeast of Alma, Harlan County, Nebraska. The village occupies an area approximately 1000 feet long and 250 feet wide, lying along a 30-foot bluff which forms the north bank of Prairie Dog Creek at this point (Fig. 70, e). The terrace on which the site is located will be a few feet under the normal level of the Harlan County Reservoir, and nearly 20 feet below the maximum level.A preliminary survey of the village was made in November, 1946, by Marvin F. Kivett and J. M. Shippee, for the Missouri River Basin Survey.

scholarly journals 2. Notice of an Ancient Beach near Stirling.

1851 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 7-8
Author(s):  
Charles Maclaren
Keyword(s):  
The North ◽  
North Side ◽  
The Village ◽  
Made In

This beach presents the appearance of a terrace, extending along the north side of the Carse of Stirling, from the foot of Abbey Craig westward to Lecropt Church, and beyond it. Its length is about two miles; its breadth, at Lecropt Church, is about 200 feet, at Airthrey Mineral Well 900 feet, and at Airthrey Castle near half a mile. Its upper surface is nearly a dead level in both directions, except where breaches have been made in it, by streams or other agents. The elevation of this surface above the Carse in about 85 feet, and above the Forth at Stirling probably 110 feet. Rock is seen under the terrace at the village of Causeyhead, in the bed of the River Allan, at the Bridge, and at the bottom of the acclivity under Lecropt Church.

scholarly journals Wall painting of Late Antique tombs in Sirmium and its Vicinity

Starinar ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 223-249
Author(s):  
Ivana Popovic
Keyword(s):  
Wall Painting ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
The West ◽  
North West ◽  
West Wall ◽  
The North ◽  
North Wall ◽  
The Village

In the east and northwest necropoles of Sirmium were discovered painted tombs which were not published until now. Painting in them is from the 4th century. The grave next to the north-west wall of basilica of St. Iraeneus (east necropolis) was painted with tied garlands and stem, and partly saved frescoes from the tomb around the basilica of St. Sineros (north-west necropolis) point to the conclusion that this is a funeral procession, the scene which is represented in its entirety in the tomb in neighboring Beska. These three tombs belong to the pagan population of Sirmium and its vicinity. On the west wall of the tomb in Mike Antica Street (periphery of the east necropolis) is represented the motif of scales with fillings, while on its south and north wall are represented the episodes from Jonah?s cycle. Painting in the tomb shows that the buried person was a Christian. Of Christian character is also the burial in the tomb from the village Calma, not far from Sirmium. On its longitudinal walls is schematically represented the railing, made of parts between which there were the columns carrying the herms, and which has the symbolical meaning of the ?railing of Paradise?.

Belgic Bronzes and Pottery found at Felmersham-on-Ouse, Bedfordshire

1949 ◽  
Vol 29 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 37-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Flat Plate ◽  
Young Animal ◽  
Flood Plain ◽  
The North ◽  
Lower Jaw ◽  
Burnt Clay ◽  
North Bank ◽  
The Village ◽  
Bucket Handle ◽  
Made In

The find of pottery and bronzes described in this paper was made in Catuvellaunian territory (fig. 1), on the north bank of the Ouse near Felmersham Bridge, in Shanbrook parish, Bedfordshire. At this place the river makes a gentle bend southwards towards the village of Felmersham. Following the Belgic predilection for riverine settlement, the site to which the find belongs was established on well-developed flood-plain gravels situated on the inner margin of this curve. Here in January 1942, from the gravel-digging exploited by Mr. A. E. C. Howard of Bedford, the excavating machine simultaneously disgorged the following objects:A bronze bucket-handle and two bronze bucket-escutcheons in the shape of cow-heads (fig. 2).A bronze spout in the shape of a fish-head (fig. 3).A damaged bronze bowl (no. 1) with one of the two original attachments for holding swinging ring-handles (pl. VII, a, b).Fragments of another bowl (no. 2), including parts of the rim and shoulder (pl. VII, c).A flat plate of thin bronze, in shape the segment of a circle, with traces of solder on both sides (pl. VI, b).Three pieces of curved bronze rim-mounting of U-section (pl. VI, a).Three pieces of flat bronze ribbon and an irregular piece of bronze plate of the same thinness (pl. VI, a).Some thirty potsherds, the lower jaw of a young pig, part of the tibia of another young animal, probably a horse, and some pieces of burnt clay (fig. 11 ).

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