 This last bed of lava must have been brought to a state of the most perfect liquefaction, as it had filled up every crevice that was more than half an inch wide. It appeared highly glazed, and in some places we could discover small round pebbles from...  The Edinburgh Journal of Science - Page 3761826Full view - About this book
 | 1827 - 452 pages
...florii red colour, and much less porous than the general mass. It must have been brought to a state of most perfect liquefaction, as it had filled up every...that of a hen's egg, of the same colour, and having the same polish, yet seeming to have remained solid, while the liquid lava, with which they were mixed,... | |
 | William Ellis - 1825 - 290 pages
...florid red colour, and much less porous than the general mass. It must have been brought to a state of most perfect liquefaction, as it had filled up every...could discover small round pebbles, from the size of a hazlenut to that of a hen's egg, of the same colour, and having the same polish, yet seeming to have... | |
 | 1826 - 460 pages
...Ellis observed a curious phenomenon. It consisted of a covered avenue, of considerable extent, from 5O to 60 feet high, formed by the lava's having flowed...that of a hen's egg, of the same colour, and having the same vitreous covering, yet seeming to have remained solid, while the liquid lava with which they... | |
 | 1826 - 446 pages
...florid red colour, and much less porous than the general mass. It must have beea brought to a state of most perfect liquefaction, as it had filled up every...that of a hen's egg, of the same colour, and having the same polish, yet seeming to have remained solid, while the liquid lava, with, which they were mixed,... | |
 | William Ellis - 1826 - 476 pages
...much less porous than the general mass. This last kind of lava must have been brought to a state of most perfect liquefaction, as it had filled up every...could discover small round pebbles, from the size of a hazelnut to that of a hen's egg, of the same colour, and having the same vitreous covering, yet seeming... | |
 | William Ellis - 1827 - 542 pages
...much less porous than the general mass. This last kind of lava must have been brought to a state of most perfect liquefaction, as it had filled up every...glazed, and in some places we could discover small round pebples, from the size of a hazel-nut to that of a hen's egg, of the same colour, and having the same... | |
 | William Ellis - 1831 - 520 pages
...much less porous than the general mass. This last kind of lava must have been brought to a state of most perfect liquefaction, as it had filled up every...could discover small round pebbles, from the size of a hazel-nut to that of a hen's egg, of the same colour, and having the same vitreous covering, yet seeming... | |
 | 1831 - 448 pages
...a magnetic needle was, at a certain distance, set in motion by it. Many similar pieces of platina, from the size of a hazel nut to that of a hen's egg, in the collection of the Imperial Mining Academy of St Petersburg, exhibit similar properties. 5. OUzoner... | |
 | Luke Herbert - 1832 - 372 pages
...a magnetic needle was, at a certain distance, set in motion by it. Many similar pieces of platina, from the size of a hazel nut to that of a hen's egg, in the collection of the Imperial Mining Academy of St. Petersburg, exhibit similar properties. SUBMARINE... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1832 - 370 pages
...a magnetic needle was, at a certain distance, set in motion by it. Many similar pieces of platina, from the size of a hazel nut to that of a hen's egg, in the collection of the Imperial Mining Academy of St. Petersburg, exhibit similar properties. SUBMARINE... | |
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