The Subterranean WorldLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 522 páginas |
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... Falls of Rock caused by Earth- quakes - Causes of Earthquakes - Probable Depth of Focus - Opinions of Sir Charles ... Fall of a Mountain near Sallenches - The Destruction of Goldau in 1806 - Wonderful Preservation of a Child - Burial ...
... Falls of Rock caused by Earth- quakes - Causes of Earthquakes - Probable Depth of Focus - Opinions of Sir Charles ... Fall of a Mountain near Sallenches - The Destruction of Goldau in 1806 - Wonderful Preservation of a Child - Burial ...
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... fall from the clouds , we may presume that the atmosphere of the Carboniferous period corresponded in density with that now investing the globe , and that different currents of air varied then as now in temperature , so as , by their ...
... fall from the clouds , we may presume that the atmosphere of the Carboniferous period corresponded in density with that now investing the globe , and that different currents of air varied then as now in temperature , so as , by their ...
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... falling in the district , or of the flux and reflux of the tide in a neighbouring river . In many cases the simple and well- known hydrostatical law exemplified in the common siphon * affords a very ready and sufficient explanation of ...
... falling in the district , or of the flux and reflux of the tide in a neighbouring river . In many cases the simple and well- known hydrostatical law exemplified in the common siphon * affords a very ready and sufficient explanation of ...
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... fall , add to the height and bulk of the cone , which is now about 2,500 feet high . For more than two thousand ... falls at intervals of from ten to fifteen minutes . Each time that it reaches in its rise the lip of the orifice , it ...
... fall , add to the height and bulk of the cone , which is now about 2,500 feet high . For more than two thousand ... falls at intervals of from ten to fifteen minutes . Each time that it reaches in its rise the lip of the orifice , it ...
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... fall back into the crater or rattle down the declivity of the cone . At night the scene assumes a character of matchless grandeur , when the column of smoke - or , more properly speaking , of scoriæ , vapour , and impalpable dust - is ...
... fall back into the crater or rattle down the declivity of the cone . At night the scene assumes a character of matchless grandeur , when the column of smoke - or , more properly speaking , of scoriæ , vapour , and impalpable dust - is ...
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