The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 188
KRAKATOA IN ERUPTION. equal devastation in the ocean. That point inthe earth at which the explosion or breakingtakes place is called the earthquake-focus; andfrom it what are known as earthquake-waves pass … REMAINS OF KRAKATOA AFTER THE ERUPTION. to the surface. What do these earthquake-wavesresemble? Take a basin full of water, and dipa glass tube in it. Blow through the tube andyou will see bubbles rising to the surface, andcircular waves passing out. The disturbance atthe bottom of the basin…
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