 down the crater, the thundering noise produced was frightful, as if old Etna roared at the insult; altogether, the impression produced by this stupendous volcano is one of the most powerful I have ever experienced. To attempt to give an idea of it upon...  A Pedestrian Tour in Calabria & Sicily - Pagina 284di Arthur John Strutt - 1842 - 368 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1842 - 606 pagine
...beautiful variations of tint, caused by the exhaling sulphur. When we threw some masses of scoriae down the crater, the thundering noise produced was...attempt it, though with fingers numbed with cold, and ill calculated to undertake such a task. We next turned our attention to the surrounding prospect.... | |
 | 1842 - 600 pagine
...beautiful variations of tint, caused by the exhaling sulphur. When we threw some masses of scoriae down the crater, the thundering noise produced was...altogether, the impression produced by this stupendous voleano is one of the most powerful I have ever experienced. To attempt to give an idea of it upon... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 pagine
...thousand beautiful variations of tint, caused by the exhaling sulphur. When we threw some masses of sconce down the crater, the thundering noise produced was...attempt it, though with fingers numbed with cold, and ill calculated to undertake such a task. We next turned our attention to the surrounding prospect.... | |
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