Principles of geology : being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation (1830)
Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875, Deshayes, G. P. (Gérard Paul), 1795-1875, Clowes, William, 1779-1847, printer, Bradley, T., engraver, Gardner, James, publisher and engraver, engraver, Lee, fl. 1830, engraver, Oudart, P. L. (Paul Louis), 1796-1860, illustrator, Burndy Library, donor. DSI · London : John Murray ... · leaf 452
in chasms and fissures j and when the ground sank down again , the earth closed upon them, so that no vestige of them was discoverable on the surface. In many instances, individuals were swallowed up by one shock, and then thrown out again alive, together with large jets of water, by the shock… … Fissures near Jerocarne, in Calabria, caused by the earlJi'juake 0/1783. 2 E 2
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