... inequalities of the surface over which it passed. During the flow, night was converted into day on all eastern Hawaii. The light rose and spread like the morning upon the mountains, and its glare was seen on the opposite side of the island. It was... Dwight's American Magazine - Seite 21herausgegeben von - 1847Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Tufts Brigham - 1868 - 144 Seiten
...converted into day on all eastern Hawaii ; the light was visible for more than one hundred miles at sea ; and at the distance of forty miles fine print could be read at midnight. " The whole course of the stream from Kilauea to the sea is about forty miles. The ground over which it flowed... | |
| Henry A. Riley - 1868 - 288 Seiten
...morning upon the mountains, and its glare was distinctly visible for more than one hundred miles at sea; and at the distance of forty miles, fine print could be read at midnight On the leeward side of the stream as it flowed, no one could live within the distance of many miles,... | |
| John Brocklesby - 1868 - 176 Seiten
...terrific river flowed with little abatement ; night was converted into day over all eastern Hawaii ; and at the distance of forty miles fine print could be read at midnight." 5. Volcanic Force. — The tremendous energy displayed by volcanoes is shown by the great height to... | |
| Georg Hartwig - 1871 - 570 Seiten
...night into day over all eastern Hawaii. It was distinctly visible for more than one hundred miles at sea, and at the distance of forty miles fine print could be read at midnight. As previous to the eraption, the whole vast pit of Kilauea had been filled to the brim with the lava,... | |
| Georg Hartwig - 1871 - 578 Seiten
...night into day over all eastern Hawaii. Tt was distinctly visible for more than one hundred miles at sea, and at the distance of forty miles fine print could be read at midnight. As previous to the eruption, the whole vast pit of Kilauea had been filled to the brim with the lava,... | |
| Mark Twain - 1873 - 620 Seiten
...— rocks, trees and all intact. At night the red glare was visible a hundred miles at sea ; and at a distance. of forty miles fine print could be read at midnight. The atmosphere was poisoned with sulphurous vapors and choked with falling ashes, pumice stones and cinders... | |
| John Small - 1876 - 646 Seiten
...seen on the opposite side of the island. It was distinctly visible for more than one hundred miles at sea ; and at the distance of forty miles fine print could be read at midnight. The thickness of the stream of lava was estimated as averaging ten or twelve feet. In some places it was... | |
| Thomas Laurie - 1881 - 640 Seiten
...eastern Hawaii, while its glare was seen on the western shore. It was visible, also, one hundred miles at sea, and at the distance of forty miles fine print could be read at midnight. Hills melted duwn like wax, deep ravines filled up, and majestic forests disappeared like feathers... | |
| Georg Hartwig - 1887 - 166 Seiten
...night into day over all eastern Hawaii. It was distinctly visible for more than one hundred miles at sea, and at the distance of forty miles fine print could be read at midnight. As previous to the eruption, the whole vast pit of Kilauea had been tilled to the brim with the lava,... | |
| James Dwight Dana - 1890 - 450 Seiten
...like a storm of hail over the surrounding country. The light " was visible for over a hundred miles at sea, and at the distance of forty miles fine print could be read at midnight." The author was over the region in the following November. The stream consisted largely of the smoother... | |
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