 Sunday, about one o'clock in the night, when flames of fire were seen between the hot baths and Tripergola. In a short time the fire increased to such a degree that it burst open the earth in this place, and threw up so great a quantity of ashes and pumicestones,...  The Philosophy of Storms - Page 499by James Pollard Espy - 1841 - 552 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1773 - 590 pages
...it burft open the earth, in this place, and threw up fo great a quantity of alhcs and, pumice (tones mixed with water, as covered the whole country; and in Naples a mower of thefe afhes and water fell great part of the night. The next morning, which was Monday, and... | |
 | History - 1800 - 576 pages
...it burft open the earth in this place, and threw up fo great a quantity of aihes and pumice ftones mixed with water, as covered the whole country ; and in Naples a ihower of thefe aihes and water, fell great part of the flight. The next morning, which was Monday,... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1811 - 388 pages
...7. In the year 1538, a subterraneous fire burst open the earth near Puzzoli, and threw such a vast quantity of ashes and pumice stones, mixed with water, as covered the whole country, and thus formed a new mountain, .not less than three miles in circumference, and near a quarter of a mile... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1819 - 380 pages
...7. In the year 1538, a subterraneous fire burst open the earth near Puzzoli, and threw such a vast quantity of ashes and pumice stones, mixed with water, as covered the whole country, and thus formed a new mountain, not less than three miles in circumference, and near a quarter of a mile... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1835 - 472 pages
...about one o'clock in the night, when flames of fire were seen between the hot baths and Tripergola. In a short time the fire increased to such a degree,...stones, mixed with water, as covered the whole country. The next morning (after the formation of Monte Nuovo) the poor inhabitants of Puzzuoli quitted their... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1868 - 796 pages
...about one o'clock iu the night, when flames of fire were seen between the hot-baths and Tripergola. In a short time the fire increased to such a degree...it burst open the earth in this place, and threw up a quantity of ashes and pumice-stones, mixed with water, which covered the whole country. The next... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1865 - 880 pages
...about one o'clock in the night, when flames of fire were seen between the hot baths and Tripergola. In a short time the fire increased to such a degree,...place, and threw up so great a quantity of ashes and pumice-stones, mixed with water, as covered the whole country. The next morning (after the formation... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1868 - 822 pages
...about one o'clock in the night, when flames of fire were seen between the hotbaths and Tripergola. In a short time the fire increased to such a degree...it burst open the earth in this place, and threw up a quantity of ashes and pumicestones, mixed with water, which covered the whole country. The next morning... | |
 | Literature - 1868 - 850 pages
...about one o'clock in the night, when fiamos of fire were seen between the hot-baths and Tripergola. In a short time the fire increased to such a degree...burst open the earth in this •place, and threw up a quantity of ashes and pumicp-stones, mixed with water, which covered the whole country. The next... | |
 | John Phillips - Vesuvius (Italy). - 1869 - 458 pages
...sweatingrooms and Trepergule, flames of fire, which first made their appearance at the baths, and then extended towards Trepergule, and fixing in the little valley...increased to such a degree that it burst open the earth at this place, and threw up so great a quantity of ashes and pumice-stones mixed with water as covered... | |
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