The Subterranean WorldLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 522 páginas |
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... Italy and Spain , in Northern Asia as well as in North America , between the latitudes of 40 ° and 75 ° , the bones of the large extinct Pachyderms have been found , and become more and more abundant as we approach the ice - bound ...
... Italy and Spain , in Northern Asia as well as in North America , between the latitudes of 40 ° and 75 ° , the bones of the large extinct Pachyderms have been found , and become more and more abundant as we approach the ice - bound ...
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... Italian pine , the graceful tree of the South . As the column of smoke spreads over the sky , it obscures the light of the sun and changes day into night . Along with the smoke , showers of glowing lava are cast high up into the air ...
... Italian pine , the graceful tree of the South . As the column of smoke spreads over the sky , it obscures the light of the sun and changes day into night . Along with the smoke , showers of glowing lava are cast high up into the air ...
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... Italian miles of its course in twenty days , or at the average rate of 162 feet per hour , but required no less than twenty - three days for the last two miles . While mov- ing on , its surface was in general a mass of solid rock ; and ...
... Italian miles of its course in twenty days , or at the average rate of 162 feet per hour , but required no less than twenty - three days for the last two miles . While mov- ing on , its surface was in general a mass of solid rock ; and ...
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... Italy , and still more rapidly in the torrid zone , the horrid nakedness of a lava - field undergoes a more rapid transformation , provided a sufficient moisture favours the growth of plants . The rains promote the decom- position of ...
... Italy , and still more rapidly in the torrid zone , the horrid nakedness of a lava - field undergoes a more rapid transformation , provided a sufficient moisture favours the growth of plants . The rains promote the decom- position of ...
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... Italy by the Greeks , exhibited no signs of volcanic activity . Even tradition knew of no previous dis- turbance . No subterranean thunder , or sulphurous steams , or cast - up ashes , gave token of the fires slumbering beneath its ...
... Italy by the Greeks , exhibited no signs of volcanic activity . Even tradition knew of no previous dis- turbance . No subterranean thunder , or sulphurous steams , or cast - up ashes , gave token of the fires slumbering beneath its ...
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