Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 51
DISCOVERIES IN POMPEII (From Pompeii.)Bt THOMAS H. DYER, LL.D. … w HEN Vesuvius first showedsigns of the coming stormthe air was still, as welearn from the description ofPhny, and the smoke of themountain rose up straight, un-til the atmosphere would bearit no higher, and then spreadon all sides into a canopy, sug-gesting to him the idea of anenormous pine tree.…
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