A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos, of Earthquakes, and of Thermal Springs: With Remarks on the Causes of These Phænomena, the Character of Their Respective Products, and Their Influence on the Past and Present Condition of the Globe |
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... round , and , according to M. Ramond , more than 250 feet in depth . Its structure is simple enough , as it consists wholly of loose masses of slaggy lava , sufficiently decomposed to allow of the growth of turf , so that cattle are ...
... round , and , according to M. Ramond , more than 250 feet in depth . Its structure is simple enough , as it consists wholly of loose masses of slaggy lava , sufficiently decomposed to allow of the growth of turf , so that cattle are ...
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... round - backed eminence , rising abruptly indeed on two of its sides , but to the north connected with the chain of the Puy de Dôme , and to the south reaching into the plain of Limagne . In spite of the absence of a crater , two ...
... round - backed eminence , rising abruptly indeed on two of its sides , but to the north connected with the chain of the Puy de Dôme , and to the south reaching into the plain of Limagne . In spite of the absence of a crater , two ...
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... round the flanks of this mountain - range we observe a basaltic formation , covered by a sort of trap - tuff or breccia , and a highly cellular description of lava . Below this is the porphyritic felspar rock known under the name of ...
... round the flanks of this mountain - range we observe a basaltic formation , covered by a sort of trap - tuff or breccia , and a highly cellular description of lava . Below this is the porphyritic felspar rock known under the name of ...
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... round it , and from the manner in which the latter is seen on one side to lean against the protruding mass . Where the granite has been by accident removed , the basalt is seen rising as it were from beneath it ; and from the principal ...
... round it , and from the manner in which the latter is seen on one side to lean against the protruding mass . Where the granite has been by accident removed , the basalt is seen rising as it were from beneath it ; and from the principal ...
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... round its eastern slope contains no fragments of trachyte or of phonolite imbedded , it may be inferred , that the rock which constitutes the summit of the Mezen and other high points has been thrown up through the midst of the tuff by ...
... round its eastern slope contains no fragments of trachyte or of phonolite imbedded , it may be inferred , that the rock which constitutes the summit of the Mezen and other high points has been thrown up through the midst of the tuff by ...
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alluded ancient appear augite Auvergne basalt beds Buch calcareous called Cantal carbonic acid cavity cellular centre chain character clinkstone colour compact composed cones conglomerate conical consisting constitutes containing crater crystals deposit district Ditto dykes earth earthquakes Eifel ejected elevation eruption Etna existence feet felspar felspathic fissures formation former fragments geological geologist glassy felspar granite height hills hornblende Hungary igneous imbedded island lake latter lava leucite limestone mass midst miles mineral modern Mont Dor Mount Vultur mountain neighbourhood noticed observed obsidian occur olivine origin period phænomena pitchstone porphyry portion present probably pumice Puy de Dôme quartz referred remarkable rise Rocca Monfina sandstone scoriæ scoriform seems seen side silica soda Solfatara species spot springs stone strata stream of lava structure substance sulphur summit supposed surface tertiary thermal tion trachyte trass tuff valley vapours Vesuvius volcanic action volcanic operations volcanic products volcanic rocks whilst
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Page 330 - Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
Page 330 - Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence. As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence ! When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou earnest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
Page 330 - The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
Page 162 - At specus, et Caci detecta apparuit ingens Regia, et umbrosae penitus patuere cavernae : Non secus, ac si qua penitus vi terra dehiscens Infernas reseret sedes, et regna recludat Pallida, dis invisa ; superque immane barathrum 245 Cernatur, trepidentque immisso lumine Manes.
Page 331 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Page 331 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven : and he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 389 - ... feet in a perfectly regular manner, and as it were pushed up, by a force beneath ; which suddenly exploded with a dull noise, and scattered about a volume of black mud in every direction. After an interval of two or three, or sometimes four or five seconds, the hemispherical body of mud or earth rose and exploded again. In the same manner this volcanic ebullition goes on without interruption, throwing up a globular body of mud, and dispersing it with violence through the neighbouring plain.
Page 402 - After walking some distance over the sunken plain, which in several places sounded hollow under our feet, we at length came to the edge of the great crater, where a spectacle, sublime and even appalling, presented itself before us —
Page 257 - Near to a vault, which is now thirty feet below ground, and has, probably, been a burial place, there is a draw-well, where there are several strata of lavas, with earth to a considerable thickness over the surface of each stratum. Recupero has made use of this as an argument to prove the great antiquity of the mountain. For if it require two thousand years or upward, to form but a scanty soil on the surface of a lava...
Page 338 - And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar : and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.