Volcanoes: What They are and what They TeachC. K. Paul, 1881 - 381 Seiten |
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... active , and many of the problems which were discussed by him , now present themselves under aspects entirely new and different from those in which he was accus- tomed to regard them . No one was ever more ready to welcome original ...
... active , and many of the problems which were discussed by him , now present themselves under aspects entirely new and different from those in which he was accus- tomed to regard them . No one was ever more ready to welcome original ...
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... active volcanoes in the Mediterranean area ; the term ' volcano ' being the name of one of these ( Vul- cano , or Volcano , in the Lipari Islands ) , which has come to be applied to all similar phenomena . It is only in comparatively ...
... active volcanoes in the Mediterranean area ; the term ' volcano ' being the name of one of these ( Vul- cano , or Volcano , in the Lipari Islands ) , which has come to be applied to all similar phenomena . It is only in comparatively ...
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... slope of the mountain , about 1,000 feet below its summit , and 2,000 feet above the level of the sea , there exists a circular depression , the present active FORM AND POSITION OF THE CRATER . 13 ' crater 12 VOLCANOES .
... slope of the mountain , about 1,000 feet below its summit , and 2,000 feet above the level of the sea , there exists a circular depression , the present active FORM AND POSITION OF THE CRATER . 13 ' crater 12 VOLCANOES .
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... active phenomena we have been describing . We have said , at the outset , that there exists no analogy whatever between the action which takes place in volcanoes and the operation of burning or combustion . Occasionally , it is true ...
... active phenomena we have been describing . We have said , at the outset , that there exists no analogy whatever between the action which takes place in volcanoes and the operation of burning or combustion . Occasionally , it is true ...
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... active cause of all the phenomena exhibited is found to be the escape of steam from the midst of masses of incande- scent liquefied rock . The violence , and therefore the grandeur and destructive effects of an eruption , depend upon ...
... active cause of all the phenomena exhibited is found to be the escape of steam from the midst of masses of incande- scent liquefied rock . The violence , and therefore the grandeur and destructive effects of an eruption , depend upon ...
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