 | 1899 - 430 pagini
...— Mauna Loa and Kilauea. Captain Dutton says of the former that no other in the world approaches it in the vastness of its mass or in the magnitude of its eruptive activity; that ^Etnaand all its adjuncts are immeasurably inferior, while Shasta, Hood, and Ranier, if melted... | |
 | James Abram Garfield - 1881 - 354 pagini
...Captain Dutton, an acknowledged authority, says of the former that no other in the world approaches it in the vastness of its mass or in the magnitude of its eruptive activity ; that .iEtna and all its adjuncts are immeasurably inferior, while Shasta, Hood, and Ranier, if melted... | |
 | Clarence Edward Dutton - 1884 - 36 pagini
...monarch of .modern volcanoes. Its name signifies the Great Mountain. No other in the world approaches it in the vastness of its mass or in the magnitude* of...activity. There are many volcanic peaks higher in air, but these are planted upon elevated platforms of stratified rock, where they appear as mere cones,... | |
 | Clarence Edward Dutton - 1884 - 32 pagini
...name signifies the Great Mountain. No other in the world approaches it in the vastness of its тnя« or in the magnitude of its eruptive activity. There are many volcanic peaks higher in air, hut these are planted upon elevated platforms of stratified rock, where they appear as mere cones,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1894 - 180 pagini
...monarch of modern volcanoes. Its name signifies the Great Mountain. No other in the world approaches it in the vastness of its mass or in the magnitude of...activity. There are many volcanic peaks higher in air, but these are planted upon elevated platforms of stratified rock, where they appear as mere cones,... | |
 | 1897 - 1196 pagini
...Captain Button, an acknowledged authority, says of the former that no other in the world approaches it in the vastness of its mass or in the .magnitude of its eruptive activity ; that ./Etna and all its adjuncts are immeasurably inferior, while Shasta, Hood, and Ranier, if melted... | |
 | John Edward Marr - 1900 - 586 pagini
...for its size — it "is certainly the king of modern volcanoes, no other in the world approaches it in the vastness of its mass or in the magnitude of its eruptive activity" — but also for its symmetrical outline and the gentle slopes of its sides, which attain an angle... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1901 - 1444 pagini
...monarch of modern volcanoes. Its name signifies the Great Mountain. No other in the world approaches it in the vastness of its mass or in the magnitude of...activity. There are many volcanic peaks higher in air, but these are planted upon elevated platforms of stratified rock, where they appear as mere cones,... | |
 | 1914 - 508 pagini
...eruptions began there any earlier than on Hawaii. The one continuously active volcanic vent of the islands is Kilauea, far down on the eastern flank of Mauna...they appear as mere cones of greater or less size. We do not know at what level the base of Mauna Loa is situated. We only know that it is below sea level,... | |
 | 1913 - 760 pagini
...vent of the island is Kilauea, far down on the eastern flank of Mauna Loa — "the great mountain." Xo other volcano in the world approaches Mauna Loa in...or in the magnitude of its eruptive activity. There arc many volcanic peaks higher in the air. but most of them are planted upon elevated platforms, where... | |
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Its name signifies the Great Mountain. No other in the world approaches it in the vastness of its mass or in the magnitude of its eruptive activity. 
