The Subterranean WorldScribner, Welford, and Company, 1871 - 522 páginas |
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Alston Moor amber Ammonites ancient animals beautiful beds bones bottom buried carats carbonic acid Carboniferous Carniola cave cavern century chiefly coal coal-fields coast colliery colour considerable copper Cornwall crater deep deposits depth descending diamond 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 Koh-i-Noor labour lake land lava length less likewise limestone lode masses metal miles mineral mines mountain MUD VOLCANOES nature neighbourhood probably produce quantity quarries remarkable rich rise river rock roof ruins scoriæ seams shaft silver Sir Charles Lyell situated smelting solfataras 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 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 330 - In the most literal of senses, "the earth hath bubbles as the water hath ; and these are of them.
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 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 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?
Página 462 - The treasure is now protected by a strong building, consisting of four rooms upon the ground floor ; and immediately under one of them is the opening, secured by a trapdoor, through which alone workmen can enter the interior of the mountain.
Página 108 - Shortly after the shock, a great wave was seen from the distance of three or four miles, approaching in the middle of the bay with a smooth outline ; but along the shore it tore up cottages and trees, as it swept onwards with irresistible force. At the head of the bay it broke in a fearful line of white breakers, which rushed up to a height of twenty-three vertical feet above the highest spring-tides.
Página 98 - He heard their voices die away gradually, and when afterwards their four corpses were disinterred, they were found clasped in each other's arms. Affecting narratives are preserved of mothers saved after the fifth, sixth, and even seventh day of their interment, when their infants or children had perished with hunger.
Página 425 - Being nearly horizontal, it crops out, as the river descends, at a continually increasing, but never at an inconvenient, height above the Monongahela. Besides this main seam, another layer of workable coal, six feet thick, breaks out on the slope of the hills at a greater height. Here almost every proprietor can open a coal pit on his own land, and the stratification being very regular, he may calculate with precision the depth at which coal may be won.