Encyclopædia 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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... miles . Its surface is of a reddish - black color ; and it is almost as sterile , after a period of five centuries , as if it had cooled down yester- day . The next eruption occurred in 1306 ; between which era and 1631 , there was only ...
... miles . Its surface is of a reddish - black color ; and it is almost as sterile , after a period of five centuries , as if it had cooled down yester- day . The next eruption occurred in 1306 ; between which era and 1631 , there was only ...
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... miles round Vesuvius , a greater number of mineral species have been found than in any spot , of the same dimensions , on the surface of the globe . Many of these are peculiar to this locality . A small part of the ejected matter ...
... miles round Vesuvius , a greater number of mineral species have been found than in any spot , of the same dimensions , on the surface of the globe . Many of these are peculiar to this locality . A small part of the ejected matter ...
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... miles in the first twen- ty - four hours , and nearly as far in the succeeding day and night . As the last example of modern volcanic eruptions , we shall mention that of Jorullo , in Mex- ico , in 1759. The plain , which was the site ...
... miles in the first twen- ty - four hours , and nearly as far in the succeeding day and night . As the last example of modern volcanic eruptions , we shall mention that of Jorullo , in Mex- ico , in 1759. The plain , which was the site ...
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... miles south - west of Florence , with 5000 inhabitants . It is the see of a bish- op , and has a public seminary of educa- tion . The ancient Volaterra was one of the twelve principal cities of Etruria , and had 100,000 inhabitants ...
... miles south - west of Florence , with 5000 inhabitants . It is the see of a bish- op , and has a public seminary of educa- tion . The ancient Volaterra was one of the twelve principal cities of Etruria , and had 100,000 inhabitants ...
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... miles above Cumberland river . It is upwards of 500 miles long , and affords good steam - boat navigation , for most of the year , 150 miles , to Vincennes , and for smaller boats 250 miles farther , to Ouiatan . Very small boats ascend ...
... miles above Cumberland river . It is upwards of 500 miles long , and affords good steam - boat navigation , for most of the year , 150 miles , to Vincennes , and for smaller boats 250 miles farther , to Ouiatan . Very small boats ascend ...
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