Hawaii: the Past, Present, and Future of Its Island-kingdom: An Historical Account of the Sandwich Islands (Polynesia)Longmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 523 strani |
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Stran 7
... probably is , overlaid by newer deposits and thus concealed ; and the present volcanic activity may only shew that the original seat of energy remains un- changed ; and that the action , greatest at Hawaii , ex- panded itself in a north ...
... probably is , overlaid by newer deposits and thus concealed ; and the present volcanic activity may only shew that the original seat of energy remains un- changed ; and that the action , greatest at Hawaii , ex- panded itself in a north ...
Stran 8
... probably forced upwards by the great submarine eruptions which have produced the lofty craters which abound . There is also found on the shore a species of white stone , which , from the description re- ceived of it , would seem to be ...
... probably forced upwards by the great submarine eruptions which have produced the lofty craters which abound . There is also found on the shore a species of white stone , which , from the description re- ceived of it , would seem to be ...
Stran 14
... probably the remains of a volcanic crater . Its form is oval , being about a mile in circuit ; its elevation above the ocean is only a few feet , and its general depth but eighteen inches . It is a natural evaporating pan for the ...
... probably the remains of a volcanic crater . Its form is oval , being about a mile in circuit ; its elevation above the ocean is only a few feet , and its general depth but eighteen inches . It is a natural evaporating pan for the ...
Stran 21
... probably in part caused by hete- rogeneous vapours mixing at different temperatures , and from the novelty of the whole circumstances . they gazed , the illusion took an extraordinary form . They seemed to see before them an immense ...
... probably in part caused by hete- rogeneous vapours mixing at different temperatures , and from the novelty of the whole circumstances . they gazed , the illusion took an extraordinary form . They seemed to see before them an immense ...
Stran 23
... probably having some con- nection with the volcanic action . Sight - seers , who are indigenous to all lands , hastened to Hawaii . They were rewarded by a spectacle of indescribable grandeur . The fire rose 250 feet above the crater ...
... probably having some con- nection with the volcanic action . Sight - seers , who are indigenous to all lands , hastened to Hawaii . They were rewarded by a spectacle of indescribable grandeur . The fire rose 250 feet above the crater ...
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