The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, Band 6Hillard, Gray, 1840 |
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... greater compass , the place becomes too narrow for it ; so that , pressing against it on all sides , the adjoining parts are shaken ; till , having made itself a passage , it spends itself in a volcano , or burning mountain . But to ...
... greater compass , the place becomes too narrow for it ; so that , pressing against it on all sides , the adjoining parts are shaken ; till , having made itself a passage , it spends itself in a volcano , or burning mountain . But to ...
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... it used to ascend to the surface , be- comes , by such means , preternaturally assembled in a greater quantity than usual into one place , and there- fore causeth a great rarefaction and intumescence of the water 4 FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS .
... it used to ascend to the surface , be- comes , by such means , preternaturally assembled in a greater quantity than usual into one place , and there- fore causeth a great rarefaction and intumescence of the water 4 FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS .
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... greater , so as sometimes to make miserable havoc and destruction . And it is for this reason , that Italy , Sicily , Anatolia , and some parts of Greece have been so long and often alarmed and harassed by earthquakes ; these countries ...
... greater , so as sometimes to make miserable havoc and destruction . And it is for this reason , that Italy , Sicily , Anatolia , and some parts of Greece have been so long and often alarmed and harassed by earthquakes ; these countries ...
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... greater or lesser impetuosity , according to the quantity of fire thus assembled , till it has made its way to the mouth of the volcano . That therefore there are scarce any countries much annoyed by earthquakes , but have one of these ...
... greater or lesser impetuosity , according to the quantity of fire thus assembled , till it has made its way to the mouth of the volcano . That therefore there are scarce any countries much annoyed by earthquakes , but have one of these ...
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... greater the shake ; and that the cause thereof lay there . Most of the rivers were stopped up for twenty - four hours by the falling of the mountains , till , swelling up , they found themselves new tracts and channels , tearing up in ...
... greater the shake ; and that the cause thereof lay there . Most of the rivers were stopped up for twenty - four hours by the falling of the mountains , till , swelling up , they found themselves new tracts and channels , tearing up in ...
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