Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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Page 97
... crater of Vesuvius . I found the intensity in the Cave of Antisana increased to 1.188 , while in the neigh- bouring lower plateau it was scarcely 1.068 . The intensity at the Hospice of St. Gotthard ( 1.313 ) was greater than that at ...
... crater of Vesuvius . I found the intensity in the Cave of Antisana increased to 1.188 , while in the neigh- bouring lower plateau it was scarcely 1.068 . The intensity at the Hospice of St. Gotthard ( 1.313 ) was greater than that at ...
Page 115
... crater of Vesuvius ; or by the summit of the Great Mili- schauer ( Phonolith ) inclination 67 ° 53'.5 , Teplitz inclination 67 ° 19′.5 , and Prague inclination 66 ° 47′.6.4 Simultaneously with the series of admirable comparative ...
... crater of Vesuvius ; or by the summit of the Great Mili- schauer ( Phonolith ) inclination 67 ° 53'.5 , Teplitz inclination 67 ° 19′.5 , and Prague inclination 66 ° 47′.6.4 Simultaneously with the series of admirable comparative ...
Page 181
... crater of Vesuvius at the foot of a small cone of eruption with my chronometer in my hand , ( this was after the great earthquake of Naples on the 26th of July , 1805 , and the eruption of lava which took place seven- teen days ...
... crater of Vesuvius at the foot of a small cone of eruption with my chronometer in my hand , ( this was after the great earthquake of Naples on the 26th of July , 1805 , and the eruption of lava which took place seven- teen days ...
Page 182
... crater , although no less than 267 explosions ( eruptions of cinders ) were counted in an hour . A second , and infinitely more important kind of earth- quake , is the very frequent one which usually accompanies or precedes great ...
... crater , although no less than 267 explosions ( eruptions of cinders ) were counted in an hour . A second , and infinitely more important kind of earth- quake , is the very frequent one which usually accompanies or precedes great ...
Page 193
... crater of eruption , Yana - Urcu , which , as indeed is shown by its black , slag - like rock ( augitic - porphyry ) , ap- pears to have been active in the middle of the fifteenth cen- tury.42 The aridity of the plain from which ...
... crater of eruption , Yana - Urcu , which , as indeed is shown by its black , slag - like rock ( augitic - porphyry ) , ap- pears to have been active in the middle of the fifteenth cen- tury.42 The aridity of the plain from which ...
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