 Immediately before us yawned an immense gulf, in the form of a crescent, about two 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 and northern...  Hawaii and Its Volcanoes - Seite 172von Charles Henry Hitchcock - 1909 - 314 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1833 - 814 Seiten
...crescent, about two miles in length, nearly a mile in width, and apparently eight hundred feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and the south-west...parts of it were one vast flood of burning matter, rolling to and fro its waves of fire, and boiling up with terrific violence. "Above fifty hillocks,... | |
 | Timothy Flint - 1833 - 418 Seiten
...gulf above two miles in length, a mile in width, and from 300 to 1000 feet high. The bottom was filled with lava, and the southwest and northern parts of it were one flood of liquid fire in a state of terrific ebullition, rolling backward and forward its surges of... | |
 | 1833 - 310 Seiten
...width, and apparently eight hundred feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and the «qutb,-west and northern parts of it were one vast flood of burning matter, rolling to and fro its waves of fire, and boiling np with terrific violence. "Above fifty hillocks,... | |
 | 1834 - 438 Seiten
...filled with lava, and the 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 th« surface of the burning... | |
 | 1835 - 538 Seiten
...nearly a mile in width, and apparently 800 feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and the SW and northern parts of it, were one vast flood of burning...to and fro its "fiery surge" and flaming billows. Fifty -one conical islands of varied form and size, containing so many craters, rose either round the... | |
 | John Ruggles Cotting - 1835 - 132 Seiten
...two miles in length, from NE to SW, nearly a mile in width, and apparently eight hundred feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and the southwest...parts of it were one vast flood of burning matter, in the state of ebullition, rolling too and fro its fiery surge, and flaming billows. Fifty-one conical... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1835 - 328 Seiten
...length, from north-east to south-west, nearly a mile in width, and apparently eight hundred feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and the southwest and northern parts of it were-one vast flood of burning matter, in a state of terrific ebullition, rolling to and fro its "... | |
 | 1835 - 542 Seiten
...nearly a mile in width, and apparently 800 feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and the SW and northern parts of it, were one vast flood of burning matter, in a state-of terrific ebullition, rolling to and fro its "fiery surge" and flaming billows. Fifty -one... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1838 - 372 Seiten
...crescent, about two miles in length from northeast to south-west, one mile in width, and 800 feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and the south-west and northern parts were one vast flood of burning matter. Fifty-one conical islands of varied form and size, containing... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1843 - 578 Seiten
...miles in length, about a mile across, a-nd 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 terrific ebulli44 THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD. lion, rolling to and fro its... | |
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