New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-30
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THE zz1ssI sSIrpI RIVER.

THE M1SSIs SIPpI RIVER.
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Perhaps the rIost itnportant and useful work
bat has Been oublished in this country for many
ears " re1,rt 81 Captain (ilow Major Gencral)
I. al ,nranITex,s and Lieut. n L. blot, on the
Ssics aud hydraulics ii the Mississippi river,
~, ~ pots ss;on a. fhe AIluvial Region against
faussf1axc an nnnn me Deepening of the Mouths !,
,agn,,s NAN 4;si lssl Cen. Humphreys was at the
bas9, of Z hoard Of Typographical engineers ap-
t, asc.rtan the hest means Of guarding
Z ~ IN t,s aassrncfiya floods which &c frequently
~ tower Mississippi VALLEY, snd also the
,s. III In An III MAINTAINING d requsred depth Of |
NJ n,aut1 Of the river, The report
ms The resu,t at observations
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and The henomena SO
81 fict n compre
sor,nr,la II has been
to small streams
Il, az large rivers.
for fix
II y 1,sl.s. ~ 80 ~ ~ man veIoeitv
i. ~ hetuaan the force Of
\ hotton cnrrents IT ia
~. All .rs5itatIe a General Hmm.
M =; sn;se 81 90 nanv nrevious failures
il anant seientc men he
< 49, Is saizino the main ee
al the construction of formulas which an.
~ tl,e greatest rivers in the world.
II Va my lfC
hoo,r NJ III ntnre sndent If fuyiatile dynanics,
lan9, mat it, nblication constitutes an epoch in
Il drorra n ;cal, sciance ii
The extent and cornpleyity Of the topics neces.
=, bs examined nrncinal,v and eolaterally,
~ san Hnmpbreys for tbe e,ueidaton Of lie
main nroblen can os,lv he appreciated by perusng
/ tbe re,,,rt IN the FIRST mace the whole region
Had "a Il exnored as IA it, eeolorical character
/ "a Is his eonreotion ,v. NAV state that Cen
/ q L. comI,ats the pnnular
noti IN lint The he'd Of the lower Mississippi is
/ ol,ru;al HI establishes that If ia of b,ue CLAW.
/ older tlan M nresent eeoloeical period. but
whether belonging to the bowlderdrift or the milo
4 cana formation of Tia tertiary neriod. we are
/ unable to say.
AZ ali events the river he'd is permanent in its
u III ~ ter ana not abift;ng Other interestin q
ueoIoo;caI roints are discussed. to which we shall
4 Tefer hereafter. Next t was necessary to examine
i ereat river bas;ns from which the waters of
i tbe Mississipni are deriyed-Red River. Arkansas
1 Ana white Rivers. tie St Francis and the Mis-
eon,is. than tla R;a g,aek the yazoo. the Onion
t,a fab;oS +ba Il slsin and others and fnallv
II tself All ~ tbese were ~
,,,ored ,v;tb regarance III tbe volnme If water fur
r;sbea ~ mem the ar,npal And monthIv mir. fa
81 4 varionsl eections The anonpt Of sea;mentar1
q matter which resnectivelv and apgrepateIr
II +bau contr;h,,ta " +ba main rivar an
Z tba per;a3iaal variations which thew mderao
II Nexf "a HAVE II, elaborate and seemingly very
accurate analysts If the nbenomena of the varions
Il oreat floods which haze occur,ed IN tho sfissis
\ ami yallev during y certain series Of years And
this ,vben IL was fonnd that Existing for
mnlas were totally iuant,iieable to the solution of
tre YroIen,s tins presented. # was necessary to