Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Edition; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
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... and continuous tracts , together with the bed of the Pacific , have been raised permanently from one to twenty feet above their former level . Hot springs are numerous in this district , and mineral VOICE - VOLCANOES . 15.
... and continuous tracts , together with the bed of the Pacific , have been raised permanently from one to twenty feet above their former level . Hot springs are numerous in this district , and mineral VOICE - VOLCANOES . 15.
Page 16
... feet wide , to the depth of 600 feet , forming barriers , whereby rivers were dammed up , and lakes occasioned . Earthquakes have , in the same province , caused great revolu- tions in the physical features of the sur- face . There are ...
... feet wide , to the depth of 600 feet , forming barriers , whereby rivers were dammed up , and lakes occasioned . Earthquakes have , in the same province , caused great revolu- tions in the physical features of the sur- face . There are ...
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... feet above the bed of the Mediterranean , and has ever since re- mained permanently elevated . On the third of October , the eruption ceased , so that the hill Monte Nuovo , which is 440 feet above the level of the bay , and a mile and ...
... feet above the bed of the Mediterranean , and has ever since re- mained permanently elevated . On the third of October , the eruption ceased , so that the hill Monte Nuovo , which is 440 feet above the level of the bay , and a mile and ...
Page 19
... feet or more in thickness , is an amor- phous mass passing downwards into lava , irregularly prismatic ; and under this there is a foundation of regular and ver- tical columns , in that part of the current which must have cooled most ...
... feet or more in thickness , is an amor- phous mass passing downwards into lava , irregularly prismatic ; and under this there is a foundation of regular and ver- tical columns , in that part of the current which must have cooled most ...
Page 20
... feet in height ; and Jorullo , the central one , was elevated 1600 feet above the level of the sea . A subsequent eruption of Jorullo happened in 1819 , accompanied by an earthquake . The city of Guanaxuato , distant about 140 miles ...
... feet in height ; and Jorullo , the central one , was elevated 1600 feet above the level of the sea . A subsequent eruption of Jorullo happened in 1819 , accompanied by an earthquake . The city of Guanaxuato , distant about 140 miles ...
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