 | 1840 - 458 Seiten
...weather, which rise in large volumes among the recesses of the mountains. As you approach the lagoons, the earth seems to pour out boiling water as if from volcanoes of various sizes, in a variety of soil, but principally of chalk and sand. The heat in the immediate adjacency is intolerable,... | |
 | 1840 - 484 Seiten
...weather, which rise in large volumes among the recesses of the mountains. As you approach the lagoons, the earth seems to pour out boiling water as if from volcanoes of various sizes, in a variety of- soil, but principally of chalk and sand. The heat in the immediate adjacency is intolerable,... | |
 | 1840 - 812 Seiten
...weather, which rise in large volumes among the recesses of the mountains. As you approach the lagoons, the earth seems to pour out boiling water as if from volcanoes of various sizes, in a variety of «oil, but principally of chalk and sand. The heat in the immediate adjacency is intolerable,... | |
 | 1840 - 416 Seiten
...weather, which rise in large volumes among the recesses of the mountains. As you approach the lagoons, the earth seems to pour out boiling water as if from volcanoes of various sizes, in a variety of soil, but principally of chalk and sand. The heat in the immediate adjacency is intolerable,... | |
 | Edward Andrew Parnell - 1844 - 494 Seiten
...of the Chemical Gazette (Feb. 15th, 1843). " As you approach the lagoons," observes Dr. Bowring, " the earth seems to pour out boiling water, as if from volcanoes of various sizes, in a variety of soil, but principally of chalk and sand. The heat in the immediate adjacency is intolerable,... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1850 - 800 Seiten
...distance, clouds of vapor are seen rising in large volumes among the mountains. On approaching the place, the earth seems to pour out boiling water, as if from...immediate vicinity is intolerable and the sulphurous smells suffocating. (Am. Jour. Sei. xxxvii, 1836, 270, and [2], ix. III. SULPHUR-SELENIUM. Sulphur... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1854 - 858 Seiten
...day. These lagoons spread over a surface of about 30 miles, and in the distance, clouds of vapor are seen rising in large volumes among the mountains....immediate vicinity is intolerable and the sulphurous smells suffocating. (Am. Jour. Sci. xxxvii, 1836, 270, and [2], ix, xi, 199; Quart. J. Geol. Soc. vi,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1856 - 388 Seiten
...weather, which rise in large volumes among toe recesses of the mountains. As one approaches the lagoons, the earth seems to pour out boiling water, as if from volcanoes of various sizes, in a variety of soil, but principally of chalk and sand. The heat in the immediate vicinity is intolerable,... | |
 | David Ames Wells - 1859 - 524 Seiten
...constructed basin, B, at a lower level, and from thence a third, 0, and * "As you approach the lagoons, the earth seems to pour out boiling -water, as if from volcanoes of various sizes, in a variety of soils, but chiefly of chalk and sand. The heat in the immediate neighborhood is intolerable,... | |
 | David Ames Wells - 1859 - 528 Seiten
...similar-constructed basin, B, at a lower level, and from thence a third, C, and * " As yon approach the lagoons, the earth seems to pour out boiling water, as if from volcanoes of various sizes, in a variety of soils, but chiefly of chalk and sand. The heat in the immediate neighborheod is intolerable,... | |
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The heat in the immediate adjacency is intolerable, and you are drenched by the vapour, which impregnates the atmosphere with a strong and somewhat sulphurous smell. The whole scene is one of terrible violence and confusion — the... 
