The Subterranean WorldLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 522 páginas |
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... continued , until at length , at the depth of 1,800 feet , the auger , after a * See Chapter on Mines in general , for a short account of earth - boring opera- tions . E violent shock which made the ground tremble , suddenly turned.
... continued , until at length , at the depth of 1,800 feet , the auger , after a * See Chapter on Mines in general , for a short account of earth - boring opera- tions . E violent shock which made the ground tremble , suddenly turned.
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... continued for many months , to the delight and wonder of the numerous geologists who came from all sides to witness the extraordinary spectacle . Thus , in many parts of the ocean , we see the submarine vol- canic fires laying the ...
... continued for many months , to the delight and wonder of the numerous geologists who came from all sides to witness the extraordinary spectacle . Thus , in many parts of the ocean , we see the submarine vol- canic fires laying the ...
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... continued to emit heat and steam ; and after twenty - one years it was possible to light a cigar in the crevices of the lava that issued from Jorullo in 1759 . Another extremely curious effect of the scoriæ being such bad conductors of ...
... continued to emit heat and steam ; and after twenty - one years it was possible to light a cigar in the crevices of the lava that issued from Jorullo in 1759 . Another extremely curious effect of the scoriæ being such bad conductors of ...
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... continued to disgorge itself with little abatement . The light which it emitted converted night into day over all eastern Hawaii . It was distinctly visible for more than one hundred miles at sea , and at the distance of forty miles ...
... continued to disgorge itself with little abatement . The light which it emitted converted night into day over all eastern Hawaii . It was distinctly visible for more than one hundred miles at sea , and at the distance of forty miles ...
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... continued evolution of a sulphurous and inflammable gas , spurting up waves and lumps of liquid mud . These remark- able cauldrons are found in many parts of the world , in the Island of Milo , in Italy , in Iceland , in India , about ...
... continued evolution of a sulphurous and inflammable gas , spurting up waves and lumps of liquid mud . These remark- able cauldrons are found in many parts of the world , in the Island of Milo , in Italy , in Iceland , in India , about ...
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