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The Wonders of Geology, Or, a Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena (Volume 2); Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Delivered at Brighton

The Wonders of Geology, Or, a Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena (Volume 2); Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Delivered at Brighton


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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1838. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... VOLCANIC ISLAND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. 633 to avert the displeasure of heaven, which these prodigies were supposed to denote.* In 1831 a volcanic island arose in the Mediterranean, about thirty miles off the S.W. coast of Sicily. It was preceded by a fountain of steam and water, and at length a small island gradually appeared, having a crater on the summit, which ejected scoriae, ashes, and volumes of vapour; the sea around was covered with floating cinders and dead fish. The scoriae were of a greyish black colour, as you may observe from this specimen.-f The crater reached an elevation of nearly 200 feet, and with a circumference of about three miles, having a circular basin full of boiling water of a dingy red "colour. It continued in activity for three weeks, and then gradually diminished, so that no trace now remains of its existence, except in reefs and shoals. Its appearance, when visited by M. Constant Prevost, is shown in this representation, with which he favoured me. Mr. Lyell observes, that from the facts that have been obtained it is certain that a hill, 800 feet high, was here formed by a submarine volcanic vent in the course of a few weeks. The occurrence of shoals of dead fish will not fail to remind you of the ichthyolites of Monte Bolca (page 234): and we cannot doubt that vast numbers were im * " Nuntiatumque erat haud procul Sicilia insulam quae nunquam ante fuerat novam editam e mari esse."--Livy, lib. xxxix. c. 56. f Collected from the island when it had reached its utmost extent. bedded in the erupted mineral masses at the bottom of the Mediterranean; when these shall be elevated above the waters, and explored by some Agassiz of future times, the then fossil fish of the Mediterranean may afford interesting subjects for the contemplation of t...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781459000841
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 82
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1459000846
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 163 gr

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