 | Edmund Burke - History - 1815 - 858 pages
...the South Sea, the action is almost instantaneously communicated from Chili to the gulf ofGuayaquil, a distance of six hundred leagues; and, what is very...the country is more distant from burning volcanoes. Tbe granitic mountains of Calabria, covered wit h very recent breccia, t he calcareous cfeain of the... | |
 | English literature - 1815 - 1008 pages
...earthquakes seem» to indicate the action of elastic fluids seeking au outlet to spread themselves in in the atmosphere. Often, on the coasts of the South...granitic mountains of Calabria, covered with very recent bieccia, the calcareous chain of the Apennines, the country of Pignerol, the coasts of Portugal snd... | |
 | History - 1815 - 822 pages
...seeking an outlet to spread themselves in the atmosphere — Often, on the coasts of the Seoth Sen, the action is almost instantaneously communicated...remarkable, the shocks appear to be so much the stronger, as (he country is more distant from burning volcanoes. The granitic mountains of Calabria, covered with... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1818 - 666 pages
...this germe would have fructified, had it not been crushed by fanaticism and superstition. 228 of the ground several seconds before each partial eruption...Guayaquil, a distance of six hundred leagues; and, what is veiy remarkable, the shocks appear to be so much the stronger, as the country is more distant from... | |
 | Reginald Orton - Cholera - 1831 - 558 pages
...in length, was pervaded (as far as could be learnt) in an instant. M. De Humboldt informs us, that " often on the coasts of the South Sea, the action is...of Guayaquil, a distance of six hundred leagues." It has been a matter of general remark (and that uninfluenced by theory), that the earthquake of the... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1852 - 544 pages
...atmosphere. Often, on the coasts of the Pacific, the action is almost instantaneously communicated from Chile to the gulf of Guayaquil, a distance of six hundred...and, what is very remarkable, the shocks appear to be the stronger in proportion as the country is distant from burning volcanoes. The granitic mountains... | |
 | Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Eller Taylor - Natural history - 1869 - 412 pages
...atmosphere. Often, on the coasts of the Pacific, the action is almost instantaneously communicated from Chile to the Gulf of Guayaquil, a distance of six hundred...and, what is very remarkable, the shocks appear to be the stronger in proportion as the country is distant from burning volcanoes. The granitic mountains... | |
 | Francis Fisher Broune - 1869 - 420 pages
...fluids seeking an outlet fo diffuse themselves in the atmosphere. Often, on the coasts of the Pacific, the action is almost instantaneously communicated...and, what is very remarkable, the shocks appear to be the stronger in proportion as the country is distant from burning volcanoes. The granitic mountains... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1869 - 926 pages
...the coasts of the Pacific, the action is almost instantaneously communicated from Chili to the Gnlf of Guayaquil, a distance of six hundred leagues: and, what is very remarkable, the shocks appear to be the stronger in proportion as the country is distant from burning volcanoes. The granitic mountains... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1906 - 466 pages
...themselves in the atmosphere. Often on the coasts of the Pacific, the action is almost simultaneously communicated from Chili to the Gulf of Guayaquil,...and, what is very remarkable, the shocks appear to be the stronger in proportion as the country is more distant from burning volcanoes. The granitic mountains... | |
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Sea, the action is almost instantaneously communicated from Chili to the gulf of Guayaquil, a distance of six hundred leagues... 
