 In winter it becomes encased in ice, and forms a huge translucent chimney, through which, at regular intervals of one minute, a mingled current of gas and water rushes to twice its height. By cutting through this chimney at the base and igniting the gas...  The American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 2261873Full view - About this book
 | J. T. Henry - 1873 - 756 pages
...water rushes to twice its height. By cutting through this chimney at its base and igniting the gas iu a paroxysm, it affords a magnificent spectacle —...brilliantly illuminates the ice chimney. No accurate measurement has been made of the gas escaping from these wells, but it is estimated to be sufficient... | |
 | Geological Survey of Ohio - 1873 - 740 pages
...mingled current of gas and water rushes to twice its height. By cutting through this hollow cylinder at its base and igniting the gas in a paroxysm, it affords a magnificent spectacle; a fountain of mingled water and fire which brilliantly illuminates the icy chimney. No accurate measurement has been... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1878 - 808 pages
...mingled current of gas and water rushes to twice its height. By cutting through this chimney at the base and igniting the gas in a paroxysm, it affords...fire which brilliantly illuminates the ice chimney." Many of the persons who have visited the Wilcox well during the summer have made a comparison of hc'ghts... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1878 - 830 pages
...mingled current of gas and water rushes to twice its height. By culling through this chimney at the base and igniting the gas in a paroxysm, it affords a magnificent spectacle — a fountain of watej and fire which brilliantly illuminates the ice chimney." • Many of the persons who have visited... | |
 | 1880 - 424 pages
...Science, July, 1833, quoted in Early and Latter History of Petroleum, by JT Henry. this chimney at the base and igniting the gas in a paroxysm, it affords...fire which brilliantly illuminates the ice chimney." Many of the persons who have visited the Wilcox well during the summer have made a comparison of heights... | |
 | Charles Albert Ashburner - 1880 - 442 pages
...mingled current of gas and water rushes to twice its height. By cutting through this chimney at the base and igniting the gas in a paroxysm, it affords...fire which brilliantly illuminates the ice chimney/' Many of the persons who have visited the AVilcox well during the summer have made a comparison of heights... | |
 | 1887 - 810 pages
...of one minute, a mingled current of gas and water rushes to twice its height. By cutting through the chimney at its base and igniting the gas in a paroxysm,...fire, which brilliantly illuminates the ice chimney." The phenomena presented by flowing wells vary greatly, no two presenting the same features. Some flow... | |
 | 1888 - 786 pages
...of one minute, a mingled current of gas and water rushes to twice its height. By cutting through the chimney at its base and igniting the gas in a paroxysm,...fire, which brilliantly illuminates the ice chimney." The phenomena presented by flowing wells vary greatly, no two presenting the same features. Some flow... | |
 | 1873 - 1024 pages
...well, which has never been tubed, constantly ejects, at intervals of one minute, the water that tills it. It thus forms an intermittent fountain one hundred...estimated to be sufficient to light a large city. At West Bloomneld, NY, is another gas well, not unlike those I have described. This is bored to the... | |
 | 784 pages
...mingled current of gas and water rushes to twice its height. By cutting through this chimney at the base and igniting the gas in a paroxysm, it affords...fire which brilliantly illuminates the ice chimney." Many of the persons who have visited the Wilcox well during the summer have made a comparison of heights... | |
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