 | Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...stratum of this fine dust mixed with scoriae is an excellent non-conductor of heat, and might he thinks have preserved the snow from complete fusion when...shepherds in the higher regions of Etna are accustomed to keep an annual store of snow, by simply strewing over it a layer of volcanic sand a few inches thick,... | |
 | 1831 - 602 pages
...before the descent of the lava. A dense stratum of this fine dust mixed with scoriae is well known to be an excellent non-conductor of heat, and may thus have...higher regions of Etna are accustomed to provide an annular store of snow to supply their flocks with water in the summer months, by simply strewing over... | |
 | Science - 1831 - 460 pages
...before the descent of the lava. A dense stratum of this fine dust mixed with scoria; is well known to be an excellent nonconductor of heat, and may thus have...strewing over the snow in the spring a layer of volcanic aand a few inches thick, which effectually prevents the sun from penetrating. When lava had once consolidated... | |
 | 1831 - 644 pages
...stratum of this fine dust mixed with scoriœ is an excellent non-conductor of heat, and might, be thinks, have preserved the snow from complete fusion when...shepherds in the higher regions of Etna are accustomed to keep an annual store of snow, by simply strewing over it a layer of volcanick sand a few inches thick,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1832 - 634 pages
...stratum of this fine dust mixed with scoria; is well known to be an excellent non-conductor of heat; and the shepherds in the higher regions of Etna are accustomed to provide water for their flocks during summer, by strewing a layer of volcanic sand a few inches thick over... | |
 | 1833 - 540 pages
...stratum of this fine dust, mixed with scoria', is well known to he an excellent non-conductor of heat : the shepherds in the higher regions of /Etna are accustomed to provide water for their flocks during summer, by strewing a layer of volcanic sand a few inches thick over... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1833 - 1092 pages
...stratum of this fine dust, mixed with scoriae, is well known to be an excellent non-conductor of boat : the shepherds in the higher regions of ./Etna are accustomed to provide water for their Hocks during summet, by strewing a layer of volcanic sand a few inches thick over the... | |
 | David Purdie Thomson - Meteorology - 1849 - 516 pages
...stratum of this fine dust mixed with scoriae, is well known to bean extremely bad conductor of heat ; and the shepherds in the higher regions of Etna are accustomed to provide water lor their flocks during summer, by strewing a layer of volcanic sand a few inches thick over... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1829 - 722 pages
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 | George Dennis - Sicily (Italy) - 1864 - 828 pages
...stratum of this fine dust mixed with scoriœ is well known to be an extremely bad conductor of heat; and the shepherds in the higher regions of Etna are accustomed to provide water for their flocks during summer, by strewing a layer of volcanic sand a few inches thick over... | |
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... this locality. We may suppose, that, at the commencement of the eruption, a deep mass of drift snow had been covered by volcanic sand showered down upon it before the descent of the lava. A dense stratum of this fine dust mixed with scoriae is... 