Annual Register, Том 15Edmund Burke 1773 |
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... fubject their study have , without fcruple , undertaken at once , to write the natural history of a whole province , or of an entire conti- nent ; Over the ftratum of pumice and burnt matter that covers 62 ANNUAL REGISTER.
... fubject their study have , without fcruple , undertaken at once , to write the natural history of a whole province , or of an entire conti- nent ; Over the ftratum of pumice and burnt matter that covers 62 ANNUAL REGISTER.
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... pumice ftones mixed with fragments of lava and burnt matter , large and small ; the pumice is very light , but I have found fome of the fragments of lava and cinders there , weighing eight pounds . I have often wondered that fuch ...
... pumice ftones mixed with fragments of lava and burnt matter , large and small ; the pumice is very light , but I have found fome of the fragments of lava and cinders there , weighing eight pounds . I have often wondered that fuch ...
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... pumice ftones , according to my obfervations , ex- tended beyond Castel - a - mare ( near which spot the ancient town of Sta- bia alfo lies buried under them , and covered a tract of country not lefs than thirty miles in circumference ...
... pumice ftones , according to my obfervations , ex- tended beyond Castel - a - mare ( near which spot the ancient town of Sta- bia alfo lies buried under them , and covered a tract of country not lefs than thirty miles in circumference ...
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... pumice ftones , frag- ments of lava , and burnt matter , may naturally be fupposed to har den into a ftone of this kind ; and , as water frequently attends erup- The matter which covers the an- cient town of Herculaneum , is not tions ...
... pumice ftones , frag- ments of lava , and burnt matter , may naturally be fupposed to har den into a ftone of this kind ; and , as water frequently attends erup- The matter which covers the an- cient town of Herculaneum , is not tions ...
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... pumice , fragments of lava and fuch burnt matter as abounds near Vefuvius and all volcanos . The mountains at the back of Ca- ferta are moftly of a fort of lime- ftone , and very different from those formed by fire ; though Signior Van ...
... pumice , fragments of lava and fuch burnt matter as abounds near Vefuvius and all volcanos . The mountains at the back of Ca- ferta are moftly of a fort of lime- ftone , and very different from those formed by fire ; though Signior Van ...
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