A great wave swept over the coast of Spain, and is said to have been sixty feet high at Cadiz. At Tangier, in Africa, it rose and fell eighteen times on the coast; at Funchal, in Madeira, it rose full fifteen feet perpendicular above high-water mark,... The Lithology of Edinburgh - Page 96by John Fleming - 1859 - 102 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1832 - 634 pages
...coast of Spain, and is said to have been sixty feet high at Cadiz. At Tangier, in Africa, it rose and fell eighteen times on the coast. At Funchal, in Madeira,...seven feet was then at half ebb. Besides entering that city, and committing great havoc, It overflowed other sea-ports in the island. At Kinsale, in... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1835 - 472 pages
...coast of Spain, and is said to have been sixty feet high at Cadiz. At Tangier, in Africa, it rose and fell eighteen times on the coast. At Funchal, in Madeira,...and flows there seven feet, was then at half ebb. * Michell on the Cause and Phenomena of Earthquakes, Phil. Trans., vol. li. p. 566. 1760. Besides entering... | |
| Hugh Murray - 1837 - 612 pages
...Ireland, the sea rushed into the harbour, and invaded the land. At Tangier, in Africa, it rose and fell eighteen times on the coast At Funchal, in Madeira, it rose fifteen feet above high-water mark ; although the tide, which ebbs and flows there seven feet, was... | |
| sir Charles Lyell (bart.) - 1840 - 518 pages
...coast of Spain, and is said to have been sixty feet high at Cadiz. At Tangier, in Africa, it rose and fell eighteen times on the coast. At Funchal, in Madeira,...Besides entering the city, and committing great havoc, * Michell on the Cause and Phenomena of Earthquakes, Phil. .Trans, vol. li. p. 566. 1760. it overflowed... | |
| 1843 - 826 pages
...and invaded the land. At Tangier, 1843.] The Encyclopedia of Geography. [MAY, in Africa, it rose and fell eighteen times on the coast. At Funchal, in Madeira, it rose fifteen feet above high-water mark ; although the tide, which ebbs and flows there seven feet, was... | |
| Robert Hermann Schomburgk - 1848 - 780 pages
...similar phenomenon was observed in Barbados, as we shall see hereafter. At Tangier in Africa it rose and fell eighteen times on the coast. At Funchal in Madeira,...full fifteen feet perpendicular above high-water mark ; •no it Kinsale in Ireland, a body of water rushed into the harbour, whirled round several vessels,... | |
| Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk - 1848 - 772 pages
...similar phenomenon was observed in Barbados, as we shall see hereafter. At Tangier in Africa it rose and fell eighteen times on the coast. At Funchal in Madeira, it rose full fifteen feet perpendicular above high- water mark ; and at Kinsale in Ireland, a body of water rushed into the harbour, whirled round... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1854 - 870 pages
...coast of Spain, and is said to have been sixty feet high at Cadiz. At Tangier, in Africa, it rose and fell eighteen times on the coast. At Funchal, in Madeira,...which ebbs and flows there seven feet, was then at half-ebb. Besides entering the city, and committing great havoc, it overflowed other seaports in the... | |
| George William Fitch - 1856 - 280 pages
...coast of Spain, and is said to have been sixty feet high at Cadiz. At Tangier, in Africa, it rose and fell eighteen times on the coast : at Funchal, in Madeira, it rose fifteen feet perpendicular above high-water mark. 195^ Earthquakes have caused an immense destruction... | |
| James Stanley Grimes - 1858 - 180 pages
...and fell eighteen times on the coast, la Madeira it rose full fifteen feet perpendicular above the high-water mark, although the tide, which ebbs and flows there seven feet, was then at half ebb. At Kinsale, in Ireland, a body of water rushed into the harbor, whirled round several vessels, and... | |
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