 Immediately before us yawned an immense gulf, in the form of a crescent, about two miles in length, from north-east to southwest, nearly a mile in width, and apparently 800 feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and the south-west and northern parts...  Hawaii and Its Volcanoes - Seite 172von Charles Henry Hitchcock - 1909 - 314 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1827 - 452 Seiten
...was filled with 'a, and ihe south-west and northern parts of it were one vast flood of liquid fire, in a state of terrific ebullition, rolling to and...its " fiery surge," and flaming billows. Fifty-one craters, of varied form and size, rose, like so many conical islands, from the surface of the burning... | |
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...south-west, nearly a mile in width, and apparently 800 feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and tbe south-west and northern parts of it were one vast...ebullition, rolling to and Fro its ' fiery surge' and darning billows. Fifty-one conical islands, of varied form and size, containing so man; craters, rose... | |
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...miles in length, from north cast to south-west, nearly a mile in width, and apparently 800 feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and the south-west...surge' and flaming billows. Fifty-one conical islands, of varied form and size, containing so many craters, rose either round the edge or from the surface... | |
 | William Ellis - 1825 - 290 Seiten
...miles in length, about a mile across, and apparently eight hundred feet deep. The bottom was filled with lava, and the south-west and northern parts of it were one vast flood of liquid fire, in a state of GREAT CRATER OF KIRAUEA. 131 terrific ebulition, rolling to and fro its... | |
 | 1826 - 608 Seiten
...miles in length, from north-east to southwest, nearly a mile in width, and apparently 800 feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and the south-west...surge" and flaming billows. Fifty-one conical islands, of varied form and size, containing so many craters, rose either round the edge or from the surface... | |
 | William Ellis - 1826 - 476 Seiten
...miles in length, from north-east to south-west, nearly a mile in width, and apparently 800 feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and the south-west...surge" and flaming billows. Fifty-one conical islands, of varied form and size, containing so many craters, rose either round the edge or from the surface... | |
 | 1826 - 606 Seiten
...miles in length, from north-east to southwest, nearly a mile in width, and apparently 800 feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and the south-west...surge" and flaming billows. Fifty-one conical islands, of varied form and size, containing so many craters, rose either round the edge or from the surface... | |
 | 1826 - 570 Seiten
...miles in length, from north-east to south-west, nearly a mile in width, and apparently 800 feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and the south-west...surge" and flaming billows. Fifty-one conical islands, of varied form and size, containing so many craters, rose either round the edge or from the surface... | |
 | 1826 - 568 Seiten
...miles in length, from north-east to south-west, nearly a mile in width, and apparently 800 feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and the south-west...surge" and flaming billows. Fifty-one conical islands, of varied form and size, containing so many craters, rose either round the edge or from the surface... | |
 | 1826 - 538 Seiten
...miles in length, from northeast to south-west, nearly a mile in width, and apparently 800 feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and the south-west..." and flaming billows. Fifty-one conical islands, of varied form and size, containing so many craters, rose either round the edge or from the surface... | |
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