 The earth round the place, for above two miles, has this surprising property, that by taking up two or three inches of the surface, and applying a live coal, the part which is so uncovered immediately takes fire, almost before the coal touches the earth...  Transactions - Page 551890Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1803 - 362 pages
...property, that by taking up two or three inches of the surface, and applying a live coal to it, the part so uncovered immediately takes fire, almost before...flame makes the soil hot, but does not consume it, nor afreet what is near it with any degree ot heat. It is said that eight horses were once consumed by... | |
 | John Pinkerton - Atlases - 1804 - 706 pages
...this surprising property, that, by taking up two or three inches of the surface and applying a lii'e coal, the part which is so uncovered immediately takes...before the coal touches the earth ; the flame makes the ground hot but does not consume it, nor aflect what is near it with any degree of heat. Any quantity... | |
 | John Pinkerton - Petrology - 1811 - 734 pages
...phenomenon deserves to be here repeated. Napthaof " The earth round this place, for above two Haku. miles, has this surprising property, that, by taking...before the coal touches the earth : the flame makes (he soil hot, but does not consume it, nor affect what is near it with any degree of heat. Any quantity... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 434 pages
...property, that by taking up two or three inches of the surface, and applying a live coal, the part which is uncovered immediately takes fire almost before the...the soil hot, but does not consume it, nor affect what is near it with any degree of heat. If a cane, or a tube of paper, be set about two inches in... | |
 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 pages
...property, that by taking up two or three inches of the surface, and applying a live coal to it, the part so uncovered immediately takes fire, almost before the coal touches the earth. The ßame makes the soil hot, but does not consume it, nor affect what is near it with any degree of heat.... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Geography - 1823 - 512 pages
...that, by taking up two or three inches of the surface, and applying a live coal, the part which is uncovered immediately takes fire, almost before the...the soil hot, but does not consume it, nor affect what is near with any degree of heat. Any quantity of the earth carried to another place does not produce... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 pages
...been computed at ы lees than forty thousand rubles. " The earth round this place, for above two mihs, has this surprising property, that by taking up two...the soil hot, but does not consume it, nor affect what is near it with any degree of hfJt. Any quantity of the earth carried to another place does not... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1833 - 418 pages
...of Uz. " The earth round this place [a place about 10 miles NE by E from the city of Bakuin Persia] has this surprising property, that by taking up two...the soil hot, but does not consume it, nor affect what is near it with any degree of heat. Any quantity of this earth carried to another place does not... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Adventure and adventurers - 1838 - 672 pages
...inches of the surface, and applying a live coal to it, the part so uncovered immediately takes tire, almost before the coal touches the earth. The flame...the soil hot, but does not consume it, nor affect what is near it with any degree of heat. It is said that eight horses were once consumed by this fire,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing (of Edinburgh.) - 1839 - 348 pages
...spirits. From a horizontal gap in an adjoining reck there also issues a similar flame. The earth round this place for above two miles has this surprising...the soil hot, but does not consume it, nor affect what is near it with any degree of heat. If a cane or tube, even of paper, be set about two inches... | |
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