 | Edmund Burke - History - 1815 - 858 pages
...bur»tfortbanew,in i8ia. The total ruin of the city of Caracas preceded this explosion thirtyfive days, and violent oscillations of the ground were felt, both in the islands, and on the coasts of Terra Firms. It has long been- remarked, that the effects of great earthquakes extend much farther... | |
 | English literature - 1815 - 1008 pages
...forth anew, in 1812. The total ruin of the city of Caracas preceded this explosion thirty - five days, and violent oscillations of the ground were felt, both in the islands and on the coasts of Terra Firma. Every thing ill earthquakes seem» to indicate the action of elastic fluids seeking au... | |
 | Robert Bakewell - Geology - 1815 - 562 pages
...eruption in the Island of St. Vincent's, from a volcano that had not been burning since the year 1718, and violent oscillations of the ground were felt both...eruptions is seated deep below the surface of the earth. During the earthquake at Lisbon, nearly all Europe and a great part of Africa felt the shock more or... | |
 | History - 1815 - 822 pages
...bur»tforlh anew,in 1812. The total ruin of the cily of Caracas preceded this explosion thirtylive days, and violent oscillations of the ground were felt, both in the islands, and on the coasts of Terra Firma. . It has long been remarked, that the rfrVcts of great earthquakes extend much farther... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1815 - 1026 pages
...burstforthanew, in 1812. The total ruin of the city of Caracas preceded this explosion thirtyfive days, and violent oscillations of the ground were felt, both in the islands, and on the coasts of Terra Firma. It has long been remarked, that the effects of great earthquakes extend much farther than... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1818 - 666 pages
...anew, in 1812. The total ruin of the city of Caraccas •f- preceded this explosion thirty-five days, and violent oscillations of the ground were felt, both in the islands, and on the coasts of Terra Firma. It has long been remarked, that the effects of great earthquakes extend much farther than... | |
 | Charles Daubeny - Earthquakes - 1826 - 504 pages
...yet recovered. The total ruin of the city of Caraccas preceded this explosion by thirty-five days, and violent oscillations of the ground were felt, both in the islands, and on the coasts of Terra Firma.* 3. St. Lucia contains a very active Solfatara, from 12 to 14 hundred feet in height.... | |
 | Robert Bakewell - Geology - 1828 - 614 pages
...eruption in the Island of St. Vincent's, from a volcano that had not been burning since the year 1718, and violent oscillations of the ground were felt both...necessary to state, that on the same day on which Lisbon was nearly destroyed, all Europe, and a great part of northern Africa, felt the shock more or... | |
 | William Williams Mather - Geology - 1833 - 164 pages
...eruption in the Island of St. Vincents, from a volcano that had not been burning since the year 1718, and violent oscillations of the ground were felt,...both in the islands and on the coasts of America." It was at this time that earthquakes were so violent in the valley of the Mississippi. " In very violent... | |
 | William Williams Mather - Geology - 1841 - 310 pages
...eruption in the Island of St. Vincents, from a volcano that had not been burning since the year 1718, and violent oscillations of the ground were felt,...both in the islands and on the coasts of America." It was at this time that earthquakes were so violent in the valley of the Mississippi. "In very violent... | |
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Caracas preceded this explosion thirty-five days, and violent oscillations of the ground were felt both in the islands and on the coasts of Terra Firma. 
