The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 187
ith tensof thousands of inhabitants have suffered. We have already said that an earthquake takesplace when there is too muchsteam under the ground; butremember that it issudden explosion,and not slow how apple-skins wrinkle when they are baked;that is because the apple under the skin shrinkswhen… … ^ ~4*« ^ upward pressure. Supposing there were a hun-dred boilers, or more, buried four or five milesbeneath the surface of the earth, and that theyshould all burst: we should have a result similarto an earthquake. The ground would shake,heave, subside, and even crack open in great fis-sures. You…
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