The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, 13. köideA. and C. Black, 1861 |
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... tion was certainly much greater than that of the full moon , for the watch could be read with ease , but the light was of quite a different character from moonlight , resembling more the gloom of a heavy thunderstorm after sunset ...
... tion was certainly much greater than that of the full moon , for the watch could be read with ease , but the light was of quite a different character from moonlight , resembling more the gloom of a heavy thunderstorm after sunset ...
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... tion of the Danish Government , e . g . , that of twelve years ' duration by Professor Björn Gunnlaugsson , teacher of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics in the Government College at Reykjavik ( whose acquaintance I had the pleasure of ...
... tion of the Danish Government , e . g . , that of twelve years ' duration by Professor Björn Gunnlaugsson , teacher of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics in the Government College at Reykjavik ( whose acquaintance I had the pleasure of ...
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... tion as to local volcanic phenomena in Iceland , on the testimony of persons living near the localities concerned . Occasionally these persons are local clergymen or physicians , and it is fortu- nate for history and science when it is ...
... tion as to local volcanic phenomena in Iceland , on the testimony of persons living near the localities concerned . Occasionally these persons are local clergymen or physicians , and it is fortu- nate for history and science when it is ...
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... tion — not very accessible to the British geologist - contained in the Icelandic newspapers or other annals regarding the recent eruption of Kötlugjá . In no part of the world are volcanic phenomena on so gigantic a scale as in Iceland ...
... tion — not very accessible to the British geologist - contained in the Icelandic newspapers or other annals regarding the recent eruption of Kötlugjá . In no part of the world are volcanic phenomena on so gigantic a scale as in Iceland ...
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... tion ceased , the 14th eruption ( hereinafter recorded ) of Kötlugjá began . Physisch - Geographische Skizze von Island mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Vulkanische Erscheinungen : abgedruckt aus der Göttinger Studien : Göttin- gen , 1847 ...
... tion ceased , the 14th eruption ( hereinafter recorded ) of Kötlugjá began . Physisch - Geographische Skizze von Island mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Vulkanische Erscheinungen : abgedruckt aus der Göttinger Studien : Göttin- gen , 1847 ...
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ambulacra ambulacral animals apparatus appears Araucaria ashes axis basalt beds Botanic Garden bracts Carboniferous cold colour cone containing Cornwall crater deposits district drift earth earthquake elevated eruptions of Kötlugjá existence experiments Eyafjalla fact Fahr fault feet fissures Flora flowers frost geological geologist gneiss ground heat Hekla Henderson hills hoar-frost inches island jökuls Kertch Kötlugjá Laurustinus Ledbury less limestone Llandovery Ludlow Malvern mass miles Monocotyledons mountains nature night observations Old Red Old Red Sandstone organs ovule palagonite palagonite-tuff Patrick Wilson phenomena plants plates pole present probably Professor Pteraspis quantity quartzite Red Sandstone reference regard remarkable Reykjavik river rocks sand says scale seen SERIES.-VOL Severn shales Silurian silver skull snow Society soil species specimens strata surface syenite temperature theory thermometer tion trees Triassic tunnel upper valley vegetable volcanic volume on Iceland