Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, Levi W · Chicago, Western Publishing House; New York, Standard Publishing House; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 76
^ probably considered as sufficient refuge againstan evil of which they could not guess the whole extent. It wasa vain hope; the same fate awaited them all by different ways. … 70 CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE. The strong vaults and narrow openings to the day protectedthem, indeed, from the falling cinders; but the heat, sufficient tochar wood, and volatilize the more subtle part of the ashes, couldnot be kept out by such means. The vital air was changed intoa sulphurous vapor,…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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