Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 217
duration, and then a repetition of the same phenomena.We give a view of the crater of the great Geyser reduced by Mr.Lyell, from a sketch by J. W. Hooker, M. D. The basin of thegreat Geyser is an irregular oval about fifty-six feet, by forty-six,the silicious mound of which it is formed, is about… … empty, but it is usually filled with a beautifully transparent waterin a state of ebullition ; the inside of the basin is smooth andformed of a whitish silicious deposit, as are also two channels at SILICIOUS SPRINGS. 215 each side, by which the water escapes when the basin is full. Itis said that…
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