Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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Page 183
... volcano . This was the case in the Piedmontese val- leys of Pelis and Clusson , as well as in the vicinity of Pig- nerol in April and May , 1805 , and also in the spring of 1829 in Murcia , between Orihuela and the sea - shore , upon a ...
... volcano . This was the case in the Piedmontese val- leys of Pelis and Clusson , as well as in the vicinity of Pig- nerol in April and May , 1805 , and also in the spring of 1829 in Murcia , between Orihuela and the sea - shore , upon a ...
Page 224
... volcano and fiery mountain as synonymous , in accord- ance with the old usage of speech , we thus , according to a preconceived and very generally diffused opinion , attach to the idea of volcanic phenomena , the picture of an isolated ...
... volcano and fiery mountain as synonymous , in accord- ance with the old usage of speech , we thus , according to a preconceived and very generally diffused opinion , attach to the idea of volcanic phenomena , the picture of an isolated ...
Page 232
... volcanoes , on true cones of elevation in extinguished craters for example , on the Mexican volcano of Toluca at an elevation of 12,246 feet , and on the Caucasian Elburuz at 19,717 feet . In the volcanoes of the Eifel we must carefully ...
... volcanoes , on true cones of elevation in extinguished craters for example , on the Mexican volcano of Toluca at an elevation of 12,246 feet , and on the Caucasian Elburuz at 19,717 feet . In the volcanoes of the Eifel we must carefully ...
Page 239
... volcano of Orizaba 100 ( 17,374 feet , according to Ferrer 17,879 feet ) . A strongly truncated conical form1 is exhibited by the Nevado de Cayambe - Urcu ( 19,365 feet ) , which is intersected by the equator , and by the volcano of ...
... volcano of Orizaba 100 ( 17,374 feet , according to Ferrer 17,879 feet ) . A strongly truncated conical form1 is exhibited by the Nevado de Cayambe - Urcu ( 19,365 feet ) , which is intersected by the equator , and by the volcano of ...
Page 244
... volcano . The small island of the lake upon which the volcano rises is called Isla del Volcan . ( Buzeta loc . cit . ) The absolute elevation of the volcano of Taal is scarcely 895 feet . It is , therefore , like Cosima , one of the ...
... volcano . The small island of the lake upon which the volcano rises is called Isla del Volcan . ( Buzeta loc . cit . ) The absolute elevation of the volcano of Taal is scarcely 895 feet . It is , therefore , like Cosima , one of the ...
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