Volcanoes and earthquakes. By mm. Zurcher and Margollé. From the Fr. by mrs. N. Lockyer1868 |
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
active volcanoes ancient appear ashes atmosphere Azores basaltic basin beautiful boiling bottom Catania caused chain cinders coast column cone covered crater crevasses crust débris deep depth distance earth earthquakes emitted Empedocles enormous masses erup Etna extend filled fire fissures flames flowed formation Geyser glaciers globe ground Gulf heard height Humboldt Iceland immense incandescent Indians inhabitants interior island Isle Java Kilauea lake midst miles mountain mouth nearly night observed opened Orizaba peak phenomena phenomenon plain Popocatepetl Poulett Scrope present produced pumice Quito region remarkable rises river rocks rose ruins Sciarri scoriæ seen shocks side situated slope smoke snow solfatara sometimes stones stones rose strata streams of lava Stromboli sulphur summit surface terrible thermal springs thick thunder tion top of Etna Torre del Greco torrents town trachyte upheaval valley vapour vast Vesuvius violent eruptions volcanoes of Java Vostitza walls whence
Populaire passages
Pagina 3 - As soon as it was light again, which was not till the third day after this melancholy accident, his body was found entire, and without any marks of violence upon it, exactly in the same posture that he fell, and looking more like a man asleep than dead.
Pagina 2 - They consulted together whether it would be most prudent to trust to the houses, which now shook from side to side with frequent and violent concussions; or to fly to the open fields, where the calcined stones and cinders, though light indeed, yet fell in large showers and threatened destruction.
Pagina 183 - It deserves to be spoken of with atl praise, as one towards which author, editor, illustrator, and publisher have equally done their best. Of the translation itself we cannot speak too highly. It has all the force and freshness of original writing.'— SATURDAY REVIEW.
Pagina 115 - ... caverns similarly formed have fallen in, leaving circular pits with steep sides. From the regular form of the many craters, they gave to the country an artificial appearance, which vividly reminded me of those parts of Staffordshire, where the great iron-foundries are most numerous.
Pagina 1 - When hastening to the place from whence others fled with the utmost terror, he steered his direct course to the point of danger, and with so much calmness and presence of mind, as to be able to make and dictate his observations upon the motion and figure of that dreadful scene. He was now so nigh the mountain, that the cinders, which grew thicker and hotter the nearer he approached, fell into the ships, together with pumice stones, and black pieces of burning rock...