Wonders of Creation: A Descriptive Account of Volcanoes and Their Phenomena

Mount Vesuvius--Origin of Name--Former Condition--Eruption of A D 79--Death of Pliny--Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum--Appearance of the Mountain before and after Eruptio...

Volcanoes in general--Origin of the Name--General Aspect--Crater--Cone--Subordinate Cones and Craters--Peak of Teneriffe--Lava-Streams--Cascades and Jets of Lava--Variations in...

What a fortunate man was Mr. Jorullo! Old Cheops, king of Egypt, spent vast sums of money, many long years, and the labour of myriads of his subjects, in erecting the Great Pyra...

Mount Etna--Its Appearance and Height-Ancient Eruptions-Pindar's Allusion--Virgil's Description--Subordinate Cones and Craters--Caverns--Val del Bove--Formation of Monti Rossi--...

We shall begin with the volcanoes of Iceland, of which the most interesting and active is Mount Hecla. The annexed woodcut will give you an idea of its appearance. You will obse...

The Lipari Islands are all of volcanic origin. The most interesting among them, for the length of time it has been in action and the constancy of its activity, is Stromboli. Thi...

Volcanoes of Java--Papandayang--Mountain Ingulfed--Great Destruction of Life and Property--Galoen-gong--Destructive Eruption--Mount Merapia--Great Eruption, with Hurricane--Anot...

There are two sorts of extinct volcanoes: _first_, those in which all evidences of activity have entirely ceased; and, _secondly_, those in which a subdued state of activity lin...

The Island of Teneriffe is celebrated for its magnificent snow-clad peak. On referring to the woodcut of this volcano at page 11, you will observe in what a sharp point the cone...

Hawaii, Sandwich Islands--Crater of Kilauea--Its awful Aspect--Fiery Lake and Islands--Jets of Lava--Depth of Crater and Surface of Lake--Bank of Sulphur--Curious Rainbow--Mouna...

To the southward of the Sandwich Islands, on the other side of the equator, there is a large group of islands in the Pacific, which have a very peculiar appearance. They are cal...

The curious mud volcano in the Island of Java, described in the preceding chapter, although presenting some peculiar features, is not the only one of the kind in the world. Mud,...

Not the least remarkable among the phenomena produced by volcanic forces, are the strange underground noises which are occasionally heard. For the most part these are the prelud...

In the eruptions of mud volcanoes, described in the foregoing chapter, a frequent ingredient is boiling water. There are, however, several instances in which there are thrown up...

Mount Vesuvius--Origin of Name--Former Condition--Eruption of A.D. 79--Death of Pliny--Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum--Appearance of the Mountain before and after Erupti...

Hawaii, Sandwich Islands--Crater of Kilauea--Its awful Aspect--Fiery Lake and Islands--Jets of Lava--Depth of Crater and Surface of Lake--Bank of Sulphur--Curious Rainbow--Mouna...

Volcanoes in general--Origin of the Name--General Aspect--Crater--Cone--Subordinate Cones and Craters--Peak of Teneriffe--Lava-Streams--Cascades and Jets of Lava--Variations in...

Volcanoes of Java--Papandayang--Mountain Ingulfed--Great Destruction of Life and Property--Galoen gong--Destructive Eruption--Mount Merapia--Great Eruption, with Hurricane--Anot...

Mount Etna--Its Appearance and Height--Ancient Eruptions--Pindar's Allusion--Virgil's Description--Subordinate Cones and Craters--Caverns--Val de Bove--Formation of Monti Rossi-...