Nature, Volume 35Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1887 |
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... miles from the shafts . Seven men were within the district of the explosion , of whom three escaped . The survivors stated that all the men were alarmed by the appearance of gas immediately before the explosion , and hurried away . In ...
... miles from the shafts . Seven men were within the district of the explosion , of whom three escaped . The survivors stated that all the men were alarmed by the appearance of gas immediately before the explosion , and hurried away . In ...
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... miles from north- eat to south - west by 24 miles from south - east to north- west . The monthly results are given on fourteen pages with satisfactory fullness ; and with them are conjoined , for the sake of comparison , the ...
... miles from north- eat to south - west by 24 miles from south - east to north- west . The monthly results are given on fourteen pages with satisfactory fullness ; and with them are conjoined , for the sake of comparison , the ...
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... miles distant and 4270 feet higher , the mean for the same month is 19 ° 9 , being thus less than a degree lower than that of Klagenfurt . The subject is one that has seldom received the earnest attention it deserves , particularly in ...
... miles distant and 4270 feet higher , the mean for the same month is 19 ° 9 , being thus less than a degree lower than that of Klagenfurt . The subject is one that has seldom received the earnest attention it deserves , particularly in ...
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... miles upon the floating débris in the sea , and that Asama ejected so many blocks of stone - one of which is said to have been 42 feet in diameter - and a lava - stream 68 kilometres in length . 7. The Form of Volcanoes . The regular so ...
... miles upon the floating débris in the sea , and that Asama ejected so many blocks of stone - one of which is said to have been 42 feet in diameter - and a lava - stream 68 kilometres in length . 7. The Form of Volcanoes . The regular so ...
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... miles north - west of Charleston , South Carolina . The shock of greatest violence occurred a little before ten o'clock on the night of Tuesday , August 31. It was followed by several of lesser magnitude on that night , and during the ...
... miles north - west of Charleston , South Carolina . The shock of greatest violence occurred a little before ten o'clock on the night of Tuesday , August 31. It was followed by several of lesser magnitude on that night , and during the ...
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