Fifth Book of Lessons for the Use of the Irish National SchoolsP. Dixon Hardy, 1836 - 406 psl. |
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... , some mountains are completely insulated , that is , are quite remote from any chain or group . Volcanos are more particularly of this kind . The term volcano is derived from Vulcan , the name which the Romans gave to 7.
... , some mountains are completely insulated , that is , are quite remote from any chain or group . Volcanos are more particularly of this kind . The term volcano is derived from Vulcan , the name which the Romans gave to 7.
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... kind , there is found to be an immense and deep hollow , which is denominated the crater or cup . From most of the volcanos which are not extinct , there is a smoke more or less frequently arising ; but the eruptions , which are ...
... kind , there is found to be an immense and deep hollow , which is denominated the crater or cup . From most of the volcanos which are not extinct , there is a smoke more or less frequently arising ; but the eruptions , which are ...
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... kind ; Iceland has suffered frequently from the terrific erup- tions of its volcanos ; the Azores and the Canaries , and some of the West India islands , also experience the effects of subterranean fire . In some places , parts of the ...
... kind ; Iceland has suffered frequently from the terrific erup- tions of its volcanos ; the Azores and the Canaries , and some of the West India islands , also experience the effects of subterranean fire . In some places , parts of the ...
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... kind gush up with great force at the distance of two or three miles from the land ; and others occur near Goa , on the western coast of Hindostan , and in the Mediterranean Sea , not far from Marseilles . Various theories have been ...
... kind gush up with great force at the distance of two or three miles from the land ; and others occur near Goa , on the western coast of Hindostan , and in the Mediterranean Sea , not far from Marseilles . Various theories have been ...
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... kind . Of the several agents which contribute to these changes water has the widest sphere of activity . Streams which descend along the flanks of elevated grounds carry along with them some portion of the materials of their respective ...
... kind . Of the several agents which contribute to these changes water has the widest sphere of activity . Streams which descend along the flanks of elevated grounds carry along with them some portion of the materials of their respective ...
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