 This vast tract of lava resembled in appearance an inland sea, bounded by distant mountains. Once it had certainly been in a fluid state, but appeared as if it had become suddenly petrified, or turned into a glassy stone, while its agitated billows were...  The American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 211826Full view - About this book
 | 610 pages
...appeared as if it had become suddenly petrified, or turned into a glassy stone, while its -imitated billows were rolling to and fro. Not only were the...of a breeze, or the passing currents of air which E reduce what the sailors call a cat's-paw. The illows may have been raised by the force which elevated... | |
 | William Ellis - 1825 - 290 pages
...before us a sort of island sea. bounded by mountains in the distance. Once it had certainly been in a fluid state, but appeared to have become suddenly...currents of air, which produce what the sailors call a "cat's paw." The sun had risen now in his strength, and his bright rays reflected from the sparkling... | |
 | 724 pages
...bounded by distant mountains. Once it had certainly been in a fluid state, but appeared as if it had become suddenly petrified, or turned into a glassy...the passing currents of air which produce what the tailors call a cat's-paw. The billows may have been raised by the force which elevated the mounds or... | |
 | William Ellis - 1825 - 290 pages
...before us a sort of island sea, bounded by mountains in the distance. Once it had certainly been in a fluid state, but appeared to have become suddenly...the surface of the sea, at the first springing up of MARKS OF A SUBTERRANEAN CHANNEL. 127 a breeze, or the passing currents of air, which produce what the... | |
 | William Ellis - 1826 - 476 pages
...bounded by distant mountains. Once it had certainly been in a fluid state, but appeared as if it had become suddenly petrified, or turned into a glassy...currents of air which produce what the sailors call a cat's-paw. The billows may have been raised by the force which elevated the mounds or hills, but they... | |
 | Charles Daubeny - 1826 - 504 pages
...bounded by distant mountains Once it had certainly been in a fluid state, but appeared as if it had become suddenly petrified, or turned into a glassy...like that observed on the surface of the sea at the springing up of a breeze, or the passing currents of air, which produce what the sailors call a cat's-pay.... | |
 | 1826 - 570 pages
...surface was undulated, and even on the tops of the billows a smaller ripple was distinctly marked, ' like that observed on the surface of the sea at the...currents of air which produce what the sailors call a cat's paw.' About two o'clock in the afternoon the crater of Kirauea suddenly burst upon their view;... | |
 | 1826 - 568 pages
...surface was undulated, and even on the tops of the billows a smaller ripple was distinctly marked, ' like that observed on the surface of the sea at the...currents of air which produce what the sailors call a cat's paw.' About two o'clock in the afternoon the crater of Kirauea suddenly burst upon, their view... | |
 | Charles Daubeny - 1826 - 512 pages
...bounded by distant mountains Once it had certainly been in a fluid state, but appeared as if it had become suddenly petrified, or turned into a glassy...and fro. Not only were the large swells and hollows distinctly.marked, but in many places the surface of these billows was covered by a smaller ripple,... | |
 | William Ellis - 1827 - 542 pages
...bounded by distant mountains. Once it had certainly been in a fluid state, but appeared as if it had become suddenly petrified, or turned into a glassy...currents of air which produce what the sailors call a cat's-paw. The billows may have been raised by the force which elevated the mounds or hills, but they... | |
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