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Excerpt from Volcanoes and EarthquakesThe volcano, in spite of its long repose, was not extinguished. It broke out all at once in a formia able eruption, which buried several towns lying at its foot. This happened in the month of August 79, after violent earthquakes, which, during the preceding sixteen years, had devastated the country. Pliny the younger, in the following letter, addressed to the historian Tacitus, recounted this event, in the midst of which his uncle perished, a Victim to his humanity and his love of science.Pliny the Younger's account of the Death of the Elder Pliny.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Volcanoes and EarthquakesThe volcano, in spite of its long repose, was not extinguished. It broke out all at once in a formia able eruption, which buried several towns lying at its foot. This happened in the month of August 79, after violent earthquakes, which, during the preceding sixteen years, had devastated the country. Pliny the younger, in the following letter, addressed to the historian Tacitus, recounted this event, in the midst of which his uncle perished, a Victim to his humanity and his love of science.Pliny the Younger's account of the Death of the Elder Pliny.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 Excerpt: ... typhoons of the India Ocean are preceded by the same signs, and accompanied by the same phenomena, as the cyclones of the Atlantic, from which they differ in some unimportant particulars only. In the China seas, the strongest of these hurricanes are termed "iron whirlwinds." The frightful sea that they heave up; the tremendous violence of the wind, blowing in opposite directions from one side to the other of the disk; the dangerons calm that reigns at the centre, and leaves the ship motionless under the shock of monstrous billows; the cataracts of rain; the terrific din of the elements,--all unite to render the struggle hopeless for the seaman. It is especially at night, in the midst of profound darkness, under the livid lightnings, or in the strange phosphorescent glare which sometimes envelops the ship, that the horror of the spectacle defies description. "If the winds are let loose in a tempest," says Thomas Fuller, an old seaman, "they become raging madmen in a hurricane." In his voyage to the Isle of France, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre gives a very exact description of a hurricane that he witnessed: "On the 23d of December, in the morning, the wind being at the southwest, the weather began to work up for a gale. Clouds accumulated on the summit of the mountains. They were dark, olive, and copper colored. One long upper band that remained motionless was noticed. The clouds lower down were in swift motion. The sea broke with a great noise on the reefs. Many marine birds sought refuge on land and came flying in from the open expanse. The domestic animals seemed uneasy. The air was heavy and warm, although the wind had not fallen. In view of all these signs that foretold a hurricane, everybody hastened to prop and brace hi...