| 1827 - 790 pages
...ashes, which fell to the depth of several inches in the fields ; ' and amid this darkness, explo' sions were heard at intervals, like the report of artillery, or ' the noise of distant thunder. ' The following speculations on the destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah will be read with... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1820 - 636 pages
...distance of three hundred miles, it seemed to be awfully present. The sky was overcast at noon-day wkh clouds of ashes, the sun was enveloped in an atmosphere...this darkness, explosions were heard at intervals/ It is mentioned, that the sound was heard at a place so far westward in Sumatra as to be at a distance... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - Wonder - 1821 - 788 pages
...eruptions which occur f with win marks the within the in an atmosphere, the "palpable" density of which it wAs. unable to penetrate ; showers of ashes covered...report of artillery, or the noise of distant thunder. Every one conceived, that the effects experienced might be caused by eruptions of some of the numerous... | |
| Australia - 1825 - 188 pages
...immediately in the neighbourhood. The sky wağ overcast with clouds of ashes — ihowers of ashct c 3 covered the houses, the streets, and the fields to the depth of several inches — and explosions were heard at intervals like the noise of distant thunder. In the island of Sutnbawa itself,... | |
| Charles Daubeny - Earthquakes - 1826 - 512 pages
...sun was enveloped in an atmosphere, whose " palpable density" he was unable to penetrate; a shower of ashes covered the houses, the streets, and the...the depth of several inches, and amid this darkness explosions-were heard at intervals, like the report of artillery, or the noise of distant thunder.... | |
| Charles Daubeny - Earthquakes - 1826 - 504 pages
...Java, at the distance of 300 miles, it seemed to be awfully present. The sky was overcast at midday with clouds of ashes, the sun was enveloped in an,...whose "palpable density" he was unable to penetrate; a shower of ashes covered the houses, the streets, and the fields, to the depth of several inches,... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1829 - 466 pages
...distance of more than 300 miles, it seemed to be awfully present. The sky was overcast at noonday w ith clouds of ashes; the sun was enveloped in an atmosphere,...houses, the streets, and the fields, to the depth ol several inches ; and, amid the darkness, explosions were heard at intervals like the report of artillery,... | |
| Robert Bakewell - Geology - 1829 - 726 pages
...distance of three hundred miles, it seemed to be awfully present. The sky was overcast at noon-day with clouds of ashes; the sun was enveloped in an atmosphere, whose - palpable 1 density he was unable to penetrate; showers of ashes covered the houses, the streets, and the fields,... | |
| Robert Bakewell - Geology - 1829 - 602 pages
...distance of three hundred miles, it seemed to be awfully present. The sky was overcast at noon-day with clouds of ashes ; the sun was enveloped in an atmosphere, whose k palpable' density he was unable to penetrate ; showers of ashes covered the houses, the streets,... | |
| Curiosities and wonders - 1833 - 448 pages
...the distance of more than 300 miles, it seemed to be awfully present. The sky was overcast at noonday with clouds of ashes ; the sun was enveloped in an...fields, to the depth of several inches ; and, amid the darkness, explosions were heard at intervals like the report of artillery, or the peals of distant... | |
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