 Lucar, the captain of the ship Nancy felt his vessel so violently shaken, that he thought she had struck the ground, but, on heaving the lead, found a great depth of water. Captain Clark, from Denia, in latitude 36° 24...  A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and ... - Page lxiiiby James Bell - 1832Full view - About this book
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 pages
...-violently. Off St Lucar, the Captain of the Nancy frigate felt his ship so violently shaken, that be thought she had struck the ground ; but, on heaving...the lead, found she was in a great depth of water. Captain Clark, from Denia, in north latitude thirty-six degrees twenty-four minutes, between nine and... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1835 - 472 pages
...produced very much the same sensation as on dry land. Off St. Lucar, the captain of the Nancy frigate felt his ship so violently shaken, that he thought...struck the ground ; but, on heaving the lead, found a * On the Formation of the Earth, p. 55. great depth of water. Captain Clark, from Denia, in north... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pages
...this earthquake were fell most violently. Oft' St. I. in1. ir, the Captain of the Nancy frigate fell his ship so violently shaken, that he thought she had struck the ground ; but on heaving tin- lead, he found she was in a great depth of water. Captain Clark, from Dénia, in north latitue... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1834 - 1028 pages
...felt most vioi lentlv. Among other catastrophic?, the Captain of : the Nancy, frigate, off St. Lucar, felt his ship so violently shaken, that he thought she had struck tln> ground, but on heaving the lead, found she was in ¡i great depth of water. The earthquakes in... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1835 - 500 pages
...much the same sensation as on dry land. Off St. Lucar, the captain of the ship Nancy felt his vessel so violently shaken, that he thought she had struck the ground; but, on heaving the lead, found a great depth of water. Captain Clark, from Denia, in latitude 36° 24/ N., between nine and ten in... | |
 | 1856 - 1026 pages
...were felt most violently. Among other catastrophes, the Captain of the Nancy frigate, off St. Lucar, felt his ship so violently shaken, that he thought...ground, but on heaving the lead, found she was in great depth of water. The earthquakes in Sicily and the two Calabrias began on the 5th of February,... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1843 - 578 pages
...shocks of this earthquake were felt most violently. Off St. Lucar the captain of the Nancy frigate felt his ship so violently shaken, that he thought...she had struck the ground, but on heaving the lead he found she was in a great depth of water. Captain Clarke, from Denia, in north latitude thirtysix... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 pages
...were felt most violently. Among other catastrophes, the captain of the A'a«} frigate, off St. Lucar, felt his ship so violently shaken, that he thought...February, 1783, and continued until the latter end of the May following ; doing infinite damage, and exhibiting at Messina, in the parts of Sicily nearest to... | |
 | Royal Geological Society of Ireland - 1856 - 368 pages
...West Indies, felt the shock on the same day. At sea, off St. Lucar, the captain of the Nancy frigate felt his ship so violently shaken, that he thought...struck the ground, but, on heaving the lead, found a great depth of water. Another ship, forty leagues west of St. Vincent, experienced so violent a concussion,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1857 - 508 pages
...were felt most violently. Among other catastrophes, the captain of the Nancy, frigate, off St. Lucas, felt his ship so violently shaken, that he thought...the lead, found she was in a great depth of water. EARTHS. The earths that are of the most consequence to the agriculturist as constituting arable soils,... | |
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