| | | | | caused an | | | | | eruption by the | | | | | soap put in the | | | | | spring, thus | | | | | initiating the | | | | | practice of | | | | | "soaping | | | | | geysers." Clepsydra | L. G. B. | 50 ft. | 10 s. | 3 m. | "Like the ancient | | | | | water-clock of | | | | | that name, it | | | | | marks the passage | | | | | of time by the | | | | | discharge of | | | | | water."--Comstock | | | | | (1873). Comet | U. G. B. | 60 ft. | 1 m. | -- | U. S. G. S. Congress | N. G. B. | -- | -- | -- | Came into | | | | | existence in the | | | | | winter of 1893. | | | | | Like the | | | | | memorable 53d | | | | | Congress, for | | | | | which it is | | | | | named, its | | | | | performance | | | | | is sadly | | | | | incommensurate | | | | | with its | | | | | promises. Constant | N. G. B. | 40 ft. | 10 s. | 1 m. | Norris. Cubs | U. G. B. | -- | -- | -- | See "Lion." Deluge | H. G. B. | 15 ft. | -- | -- | U. S. G. S. Echinus | N. G. B. | 20 ft. | -- | -- | U. S. G. S. Economic | U. G. B. | -- | -- | -- | No water lost in | | | | | eruption; all | | | | | falls back into | | | | | crater. Excelsior | M. G. B. | 300 ft. | -- | 1 to 4 | "A geyser so | | | | h. | immeasurably | | | | | excelling any | | | | | other ancient or