Twentytwo constantly emitted columns of grey smoke, or pyramids of brilliant flame ; and several of these at the same time vomited from their ignited mouths streams of lava, which rolled in blazing torrents down their black indented sides into the boiling... The American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 241826Full view - About this book
| 1827 - 452 pages
...islands, from the surface of the burning lake. Twenty-two constantly emitted columns of gray smoke, or pyramids of brilliant flame, and many of them at the...torrents down their black indented sides into the bailing mass below. The sides of the gulph before us were perpendicular for about 400 feet, when there... | |
| 610 pages
...brilliant llame, and several of these at the same time vomited from their ignited mouths streams of lava, which rolled in blazing torrents down their...indented sides into the boiling mass below. " The existence of these conical craters led us to conclude, that tbe boiling caldron of lava before us did... | |
| 1826 - 520 pages
...islands, from the surface of the burning lake. Twentytwo constantly emitted columns of grey smoke, or pyramids of brilliant flame, and many of them, at...time, vomited from their ignited mouths streams of florid lava, which rolled in blazing torrents, down their black indented sides, into the boiling mass... | |
| William Ellis - 1825 - 290 pages
...islands, from the surface of the burning lake. Twenty-two constantly emitted columns of grey smoke, or pyramids of brilliant flame, and many of them, at...time, vomited, from their ignited mouths, streams of florid lava, which rolled, in blazing torrents, down their black, indented sides, into the boiling... | |
| 1825 - 806 pages
...islands, from the surface of the burning lake. Twentytwo constantly emitted columns of grey imoke, or pyramids of brilliant flame, and many of them, at the same time, vomited, from their ignited muulhs, streams ofrlorid lava, which rolled, in blnzing torrents, down their black, indented sides,... | |
| 724 pages
...brilliant flame; and several of these at the same time vomited from their ignited mouths streams of lava, which rolled in blazing torrents down their black indented sides into the boiling mass below." — pp. 199 — 207. In this scene of stupendous sublimity, ourtravellers, after they had in some measure... | |
| William Ellis - 1825 - 290 pages
...brilliant flame, and many of them, at the same time, vomited, from their ignited mouths, streams of florid lava, which rolled, in blazing torrents, down their...black, indented sides, into the boiling mass below. After our first feelings of astonishment had subsided, we continued for about half an hour, contemplating... | |
| 1826 - 490 pages
...brilliant flame, and many of them, at the same time, vomited, from their ignited mouths, streams of florid lava, which rolled, in blazing torrents, down their...the gulph before us, were perpendicular, for about four hundred feet ; when there was a wide, horizontal ledge of solid black lava, of irregular breadth,... | |
| 1826 - 436 pages
...islands, from the surface of the Burning lake. Twenty•two constantly emitted columns of grey smoke, or pyramids of brilliant flame, and many of them, at...time, vomited, from their ignited mouths, streams of florid lava, which rolled, in blazing torrents, down their black, indented sides, into the boiling... | |
| 1826 - 518 pages
...islands', ('mm the surface of the burning lake. Twentytwo constantly emitted' columns of grey smoke, or pyramids of brilliant flame, and many of them, at...time, vomited from their ignited mouths streams of florid lava, which rolled in blazing torrents, down their black indented sides, into the boiling mass... | |
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