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" ... density he was unable to penetrate ; showers of ashes covered the houses, the streets and the fields, to the depth of several inches ; and amid this darkness, explosions were heard at intervals, like the report of artillery or the noise of distant... "
An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the ... - Page 255
by Robert Bakewell - 1833 - 479 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 45

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...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 14; Volume 32

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...
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The Hundred Wonders of the World: And of the Three Kingdoms of Nature ...

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...
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Voyages Through the Northern Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Chinese Sea

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,...
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A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos: With Remarks on Their Origin ...

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....
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A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos: With Remarks on Their Origin ...

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,...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

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,...
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An Introduction to Geology: Comprising the Elements of the Science in Its ...

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,...
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An Introduction to Geology: Comprising the Elements of the Science in Its ...

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,...
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The Cabinet of Curiosities; Or, Wonders of the World Displayed: Forming a ...

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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