Encyclopędia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; 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, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1833 |
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Page 12
... length of the windpipe , which can be in- creased or shortened , and the magnitude of the lungs in proportion to the width of the glottis , also contribute much , at least to the strength of the tone . The voice , however , is more ...
... length of the windpipe , which can be in- creased or shortened , and the magnitude of the lungs in proportion to the width of the glottis , also contribute much , at least to the strength of the tone . The voice , however , is more ...
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... length . As this happened exactly at the same time as the great earthquake of Caraccas , it is probable that these two points are parts of one continuous volcanic region ; for the whole circumference of the interven- ing Caribbean sea ...
... length . As this happened exactly at the same time as the great earthquake of Caraccas , it is probable that these two points are parts of one continuous volcanic region ; for the whole circumference of the interven- ing Caribbean sea ...
Page 17
... length doomed to cease , and the volcanic fire was recalled to the main channel , which , at some former , un- known period , had given passage to re- peated streams of melted lava , sand and scorię . The first symptom of the revival of ...
... length doomed to cease , and the volcanic fire was recalled to the main channel , which , at some former , un- known period , had given passage to re- peated streams of melted lava , sand and scorię . The first symptom of the revival of ...
Page 18
... length in an eruption . The elder Pliny , who commanded the Roman fleet , was then stationed at Misenum ; and , in his anxiety to obtain a near view of the phenomena , he lost his life , being suffocated with sulphureous vapors . His ...
... length in an eruption . The elder Pliny , who commanded the Roman fleet , was then stationed at Misenum ; and , in his anxiety to obtain a near view of the phenomena , he lost his life , being suffocated with sulphureous vapors . His ...
Page 19
... length , at the walls of Catania . These had been purposely raised to protect the city ; but the burning flood accumulated till it rose to the top of the rampart , which was sixty feet in height , and then fell in a fiery cascade , and ...
... length , at the walls of Catania . These had been purposely raised to protect the city ; but the burning flood accumulated till it rose to the top of the rampart , which was sixty feet in height , and then fell in a fiery cascade , and ...
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