...opportunity to gain a momentary view down this aperture, and perceived nothing but the glare of the red-hot lava that passed beneath it. We then returned to examine...Hamilton had conceived, that no stones thrown upon a cur* rent of lava would make any impression. We were soon convinced of the contrary. Light bodies of...

...the red hot lava that passed beneath it. We then returned to examine the lava at its source. Sir \V. Hamilton had conceived that no stones thrown upon...made little or no impression even at the source, but bodirs of sixty, seventy, and eighty pounds, were seen to form a kind of bed upon the surface of the...

...can imitate, and glowing with all the splendour of the sun." " Sir William Hamilton," he continues, " had conceived that no stones thrown upon a current of lava would make any impression. I was soon convinced of the contrary. Light bodies, indeed, of five, ten, and fifteen pounds weight...

...opportunity to gain a momentary view down this aperture, and perceived nothing but the glare of the red-hot lava that passed beneath it. We then returned to examine...and eighty pounds were seen to form a kind of bed on the surface of the lava, and float away with it. A stone of three hundred weight that had been thrown...

...opportunity to gain a momentary view down this aperture, and perceived nothing but the glare of the red-hot lava that passed beneath it. We then returned to examine...and eighty pounds were seen to form a kind of bed on the surface of the lava, and float away with it. A stone of three hundred weight that had been thrown...

...nothing but the glare of the red-hot lava that passed beneath it. We then returned to examine tlie lava at its source. Sir W. Hamilton had conceived...and eighty pounds were seen to form a kind of bed on the surface of the lava, and float away with it. A stone of three hundred weight that had been thrown...

...opportunity to gain ä momentary view down this aperture, and perceived nothing but the glare of the red-hot lava that passed beneath it. We then returned to examine...Sir W. Hamilton had conceived that no stones thrown npon a current of lava would make any impression. We were soon convinced of the contrary. Light bodies...

...opportunity to gain a momentary view down this aperture, and perceived nothing but the glare of the red-hot lava that passed beneath it. We then returned to examine...Sir W. Hamilton had conceived that no stones thrown npon a current of lava would make any impression. We were soon convinced of the contrary. Light bodies...

...opportunity to gain a momentary view down this aperture, and perceived nothing but the glare of the red-hot lava that passed beneath it. We then returned to examine...were soon convinced of the contrary. Light bodies of 5, 10, or 15 pounds weight, made little or no impression, even at the source; but bodies of 60, 70,...

...current of lava would produce no impression. I was soon convinced of the contrary. Light bodies, indeed, of five, ten, and fifteen pounds' weight, made little...and eighty pounds were seen to form a kind of bed on the surface of the lava, and float away with it. A stone of three hundredweight, that had been thrown...