 In confirmation of these views the author remarks, that almost all volcanoes of considerable magnitude in the old world are in the vicinity of the sea; and, in those, where the sea is more distant, as in the volcanoes of South America, the water may be...  The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal - Page 1981828Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 696 pages
...the volcanoes of South America, the water may be supplied from great subterranean lakes; for Humboldt states, that some of them throw up quantities of fish. The author acknowleges, however, that the hypothesis of the nucleus of the globe being composed of matter liquefied... | |
 | Geology - 1828 - 450 pages
...was produced by the salts which were sublimed with the steam. It presented a striking contrast to die black smoke arising from the crater, which was loaded...Fossil Rib of a Whale , discovered in Diluvium near Kamp Town, BriglUon. — A short time since, a man employed in collecting stones from the beach, near... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1828 - 410 pages
...chemical causes as tbe combustion of mineral с nal, tbe action of sulphur upon iron, &c. Sir Humphrey acknowledges, however, that the hypothesis of the...simple solution of the phenomena of volcanic fires. Hank of England ('lurk.—-11 The clock, in a building immediately over tbe Hall, or Drawing Office,... | |
 | Luke Herbert - Industrial arts - 1828 - 396 pages
...sources of hot springs, render it probable that the Interior of the globe being composed of fluid matter, offers a still more simple solution of the phenomena of volcanic fires."— Philo. Transactions. " THE HORSES OF BUENOS AYEES are generally from fourteen to sixteen hands high,... | |
 | Meteorology - 1829 - 906 pages
...very high temperature: and the hypothesis of the nucleus of the globe being composed of fluid matter, offers a still more simple solution of the phenomena of volcanic fires than that which has been just developed. Whatever opinion may be ultimately formed or adopted on this... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...very high temperature ; and the hypothesis of the nucleus of the globe being composed of fluid matter offers a still more simple solution of the phenomena of volcanic fires than that which has been just developed. •r THE END. LO.VDOS : Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Strect-Square.... | |
 | John Timbs - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1831 - 302 pages
...mineral coal, or the action of sulphur upon iron ; and are perfectly consistent. The author ackuowledges, however, that the hypothesis of the nucleus of the globe being composed of matter liquified by heat, offers a still more simple solution of die phenomena of volcanic fires. — Sir... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 pages
...very high temperature : and the hypothesis of the nucleus of the globe being composed of fluid matter offers a still more simple solution of the phenomena of volcanic fires than that which has been just developed." It must be admitted that the concluding sentence of this... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - Chemistry - 1831 - 582 pages
...very high temperature : and the hypothesis of the nucleus of the globe being composed of fluid matter offers a still more simple solution of the phenomena of volcanic fires than that which has been just developed." It must be admitted that the concluding sentence of this... | |
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