The Subterranean WorldLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 522 páginas |
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... fire , which reveal to us their existence in earthquakes and volcanic explosions . There , in successive strata , repose the remains of extinct animals and plants . There many a wonderful cavern may be seen , with its fantastic ...
... fire , which reveal to us their existence in earthquakes and volcanic explosions . There , in successive strata , repose the remains of extinct animals and plants . There many a wonderful cavern may be seen , with its fantastic ...
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... Fire - Strata of Aqueous Origin - Tabular View of their Chronological Succession - Enormous Time required for their Formation - Igneous Action - Metamorphic Rocks - Upheaval and Depression- Fossils - Uninterrupted Succession of Organic ...
... Fire - Strata of Aqueous Origin - Tabular View of their Chronological Succession - Enormous Time required for their Formation - Igneous Action - Metamorphic Rocks - Upheaval and Depression- Fossils - Uninterrupted Succession of Organic ...
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... Hydrogen Springs -- The Holy Fires of Baku- Description of the Temple -Mud Volcanoes - The Macaluba in Sicily - Crimean Mud Volcanoes - Volcanic Origin of Mud Volcanoes " 88 CONTENTS . ix CHAPTER IX . EARTHQUAKES . Extent of viii CONTENTS .
... Hydrogen Springs -- The Holy Fires of Baku- Description of the Temple -Mud Volcanoes - The Macaluba in Sicily - Crimean Mud Volcanoes - Volcanic Origin of Mud Volcanoes " 88 CONTENTS . ix CHAPTER IX . EARTHQUAKES . Extent of viii CONTENTS .
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... Fire Damp - Dreadful Explosions - The Safety Lamp - The Choke Damp -Conflagrations of Mines - The Burning Hill in Staffordshire . - Page 244 CHAPTER XXIV . GOLD . - The Golden Fleece - Golden Statues in ancient Temples A Free - thinking ...
... Fire Damp - Dreadful Explosions - The Safety Lamp - The Choke Damp -Conflagrations of Mines - The Burning Hill in Staffordshire . - Page 244 CHAPTER XXIV . GOLD . - The Golden Fleece - Golden Statues in ancient Temples A Free - thinking ...
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... fire's Dictionary of Arts . Manufactures , and Mines ' . Conveyance of Minerals underground Miners descending Shaft in Owen's Safety Cage engraved by G. Pearson " " 258 262 265 Timbering of a Mine . Transverse Sections of Walled Drain ...
... fire's Dictionary of Arts . Manufactures , and Mines ' . Conveyance of Minerals underground Miners descending Shaft in Owen's Safety Cage engraved by G. Pearson " " 258 262 265 Timbering of a Mine . Transverse Sections of Walled Drain ...
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