The Subterranean WorldScribner, Welford, and Company, 1871 - 522 páginas |
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Alston Moor amber Ammonites ancient animals beautiful beds bones bottom buried carbonic acid Carboniferous Carniola cave cavern century chiefly coal coal-fields coast colliery colour considerable copper Cornwall covered crater deep deposits depth descend discovered discovery distance earth earthquake enormous entrance eruption excavations extend extinct fathoms feet fire fissures forests fossil frequently fumaroles furnaces galleries gold grotto Guanaxuato height Herculaneum hundred Ichthyosaurus immense inhabitants iron island labour lake land lava length less likewise limestone lode masses metal miles mineral mines mountain MUD VOLCANOES nature neighbourhood produce quantity quarries remarkable rich rise river rock roof ruins scoriæ seams shaft side silver Sir Charles Lyell situated smelting solfataras South Wales species springs stalactites stalagmite Stalita stone strata stream subterranean sulphur surface thick thousand tons town valley vapours vast vaults vegetation veins volcano walls whole wonderful workmen
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Página 330 - In the most literal of senses, "the earth hath bubbles as the water hath ; and these are of them.
Página 182 - These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind.
Página 100 - ... public and private edifices? If the new period of disturbance were first to commence by some great earthquake in the dead of the night, how terrific would be the carnage! England would at once be bankrupt; all papers, records, and accounts would from that moment be lost. Government being unable to collect the taxes, and failing to maintain its authority, the hand of violence and rapine would remain uncontrolled. In every large town famine would go forth, pestilence and death following in its...
Página 319 - But, when standing beneath the base of the cliff, and in that part of the mine where but nine feet of rock stood between us and the ocean, the heavy roll of the...
Página 228 - ... flesh, or at least when it had the-; separate bones bound together by their natural ligaments, and in that state buried in mud. If they were not all of contemporary date, it is clear from this case, and from the humerus of the...
Página 100 - If beneath England the now inert subterranean forces should exert those powers, which most assuredly in former geological ages they have exerted, how completely would the entire condition of the country be changed ! What would become of the lofty houses, thickly packed cities, great manufactories, the beautiful public and private edifices ? If the new period of disturbance were first to commence by some great earthquake in the dead of the night, how terrific would be the carnage!
Página 71 - On looking down from the lower borders of the desert region, these volcanos present us with one of the most delightful and characteristic scenes in Europe. They afford every variety of height and size, and are arranged in beautiful and picturesque groups. However uniform they may appear when seen from the sea, or the plains below, nothing can be more diversified than their shape when we look from above into their craters, one side of which is generally broken down. There are, indeed, few objects...
Página 143 - I am not sure whether I was not more affected by this second, than by the first view of it. The stupendous columnar side walls — the depth and strength of the ocean with which the cavern is filled — the variety of tints formed by stalactites dropping and petrifying between the pillars and resembling a sort of chasing of yellow or cream-coloured marble filling the interstices of the roof — the corresponding variety below, where...
Página 259 - Away; in one minute I shall be in Heaven." Jack bounds aloft, the explosion instantly follows, bruises his face as he looks over; he is safe above ground: and poor Will?