... disappeared like a feather in the flames. In some places the molten stream parted and flowed in separate channels for a considerable distance, and then re-uniting formed islands of various sizes, from one to fifty acres, with trees still standing,... missionary's daughter - Seite 228von Lucy (Goodale) Thurston - 1842 - 236 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Nathan Hale - 1841 - 602 Seiten
...islands of various sizes, from one to fifty acres, with trees still standing, tut seared and blighted by the intense heat. On the outer edges of the lava,...and only half consumed. As the lava flowed around tic trunks of large trees on the outskirts of the stream, the melted mm stiffened and consolidated... | |
| 1841 - 424 Seiten
...and deep valleys had been filled; and majestic forests had disappeared like a feather in the flumes. On the outer edges of the lava, where the stream was...scythe, and left charred, crisped, smouldering, and only h.ilf consumed. During the early part of the eruption, slight and repealed tihonks of earthquake were... | |
| 1841 - 730 Seiten
...and deep valleys had been filled; and majestic forests had disappeared like a feather in tho flames. On the outer edges of the lava, where the stream was...and where of course the liquid mass cooled soonest, tho trees were mowed down like grass before the scythe, and left charred, crisped, smouldering, and... | |
| Salem Town - 1845 - 264 Seiten
...acres, with trees still standing, but seared and blighted by the intense heat. .On the outer edges o£ the lava, where the stream was more shallow and the...scythe, and left charred, crisped) smouldering, and only-half consumed* As the lava flowed around the trunks -of large trees on the outskirts 6T the stream,... | |
| Salem Town - 1847 - 420 Seiten
...from one to fifty acres, with trees still standing, but seared and blighted by the intense heat. 15. On the outer edges of the lava, where the stream was...grass before the scythe, and left charred, crisped, smoldering, and only half consumed. 16. As the lava flowed around the trunks of large trees on the... | |
| Theodore Dwight - 1847 - 838 Seiten
...islands of various sizes, from one lo fifty acres, with trees still standing, but seared and blighted by the intense heat. On the outer edges of the lava,...mass cooled soonest, the trees were mowed down like grassbefore thescyihe, and left charred, crisped, smouldering, and only half consumed. As the lava... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Ells - 1778 - 392 Seiten
...islands of various sizes, from one to fifty acres, with trees still standing, but seared and blighted by the intense heat. On the outer edges of the lava,...cooled soonest, the trees were mowed down like grass beforo the scythe, and left charred, crisped, smouldering, and only half consumed. As the lava flowed... | |
| Salem Town - 1848 - 300 Seiten
...islands of various sizes, from one to fifty acres, with trees still standing, but seared and blighted by the intense heat. On the outer edges of the lava, where the stream was more shallow and the-heat less vehement, and where of course the liquid mass cooled soonest, the trees were mowed down... | |
| Alonzo Gray, Charles Baker Adams - 1859 - 384 Seiten
...islands of vanous sizes, from one to fifty acres, with trees still standing, but seared and blighted by the intense heat. On the outer edges of the lava,...vehement, and where, of course, the liquid mass cooled MOD" The whole course of the stream from Kilauea to the sea is about 40 miles. Its mouth is about 25... | |
| Alonzo Gray, Charles Baker Adams - 1863 - 376 Seiten
...islands of various sizes, from one to fifty acres, with trees still standing, but seared and blighted by the intense heat. On the outer edges of the lava,...vehement, and where, of course, the liquid mass cooled Boon." eat, the trees were mowed down like grass before the scythe, and left charred, smouldering,... | |
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