... water itself being on fire ; although it was very clear and pure, and not spread with any oily or bituminous matter. When the water had risen to a certain height, the flame became feeble, then gradually declined, and presently was extinct. The water... Chronological History of the West Indies - Página 199por Thomas Southey - 1827Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Pinckard - 1806 - 484 páginas
...and all was reftored to the ftate in which we had found it. You will, before this, have difcovered that the water was cold, and that the boiling and burning of this fiery deep was only the effect of inflammable gas, which, efcaping from the bowels of the earth, and rifing from the bottom... | |
| George Pinckard - 1816 - 564 páginas
...when all was restored to the state in which we had found it. You will have discovered before this, that the water was cold, and that the boiling and burning of this fiery deep was only the effect of inflammable gas, which, escaping from the bowels of the earth, and rising from the bottom,... | |
| Frederick William N. Bayley - 1830 - 754 páginas
...water had risen to a certain height the flame became feeble, then gradually declined, and presently was extinct. The water was now seen to boil and bubble...resumed its course down the narrow channel of the gulley, and all was restored to the state in which we found it. You will before this have discovered... | |
| Frederic William Naylor Bayley - 1830 - 1388 páginas
...water had risen to a certain height the flame became feeble, then .gradually declined, and presently was extinct. The water was now seen to boil and bubble as before, and soon overflowingi tote pit; 'resumed its course dowivftie nafrb'w'i channel of the 'guttey, and all was... | |
| Robert Southey - 1849 - 756 páginas
...water had risen to a certain height, the flame became feeble, then gradually declined, and presently was extinct. The water was now seen to boil and bubble...gully, and all was restored to the state in which we had found it. " You will, before this, have discovered that the water was cold, and that the boiling... | |
| Robert Southey - 1849 - 710 páginas
...water had risen to a certain lu'ijiht, the flame became feeble, then gradually declined, and presently was extinct. The water was now seen to boil and bubble...channel of the gully, and all was restored to the stute in which we had found it. " You will, before this, have discovered that the water was cold, and... | |
| Robert Southey - 1850 - 484 páginas
...fresh water slowly distilling PALLAS— STAVORINUS— PIETRO BELLA VALLE, ETC. 399 i to boil and babble as before, and soon overflowing the pit, resumed its...gully, and all was restored to the state in which we had found it. " You will, before this, have discovered that the water was cold, and that the boiling... | |
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