Volcanoes: What They are and What They TeachJudd, John W. (John Wesley)
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Volcanoes: What They are and What They Teach
Judd, John W. (John Wesley)
Volcanoes
58. Section of the volcano of Mull along the line A B " 142
59. Summit of the volcano of Monte Sant' Angelo, in Lipari,
exhibiting a crater with walls worn down by denudation 158
60. Outlines of lava-cones 160
61. Diagram illustrating the formation of parasitic cones along
lines of fissure formed on the flanks of a great volcanic
mountain 162
62. Outline of Etna, as seen from Catania 162
63. Outline of Etna, as seen from the Val del Bronte 163
64. Plan of the volcano forming the Island of Ischia 163
65. A primary parasitic cone, with a secondary one at its
base--Ischia 164
66. Scoria-cone near Auckland, New Zealand, with a lava-current
flowing from it. (_After Heaphy_) 165
67. Section of rocks below the ancient triassic volcano of
Predazzo in the Tyrol 165
68. Cotopaxi, as seen from a distance of ninety miles. (_After
Humboldt_) 168
69. Citlaltepetl, or the Pic d'Orizaba, in Mexico, as seen from
the Forest of Xalapa. (_After Humboldt_) 169
70. Lac Paven, in the Auvergne. (_After Scrope_) 171
71. The crater-lake called Lago del Bagno, in Ischia, converted
into a harbour 172
72. Lake of Gustavila, in Mexico. (_After Humboldt_) 172
73. Peak of Teneriffe, surrounded by great crater-rings. (_After
Piazzi-Smyth_) 175
74. The volcano of Bourbon, rising in the midst of a crater-ring
four miles in diameter. (_After Bory de St. Vincent_) 176
75. The volcano of Bourbon, as seen from another point of
view, with three concentric crater-rings encircling its
base. (_After Bory de St. Vincent_) 176
76. Vesuvius as seen from Sorrento, half encircled by the
crater-ring of Somma 177
77. Outlines of various volcanoes illustrating the different
relations of the craters to cones _to face p._ 178
78. Island thrown up In the Mediterranean Sea in July and
August, 1831. (_After the Prince de Joinville_) 179
79. Sinter-cones surrounding the orifices of geysers 183
80. Diagram illustrating the mode of formation of travertine-
and sinter-terraces on the sides of a hill of tuff 185
81. Map of the volcanic group of the Lipari Islands, illustrating
the position of the lines of fissure upon which
the volcanoes have been built up 192
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