 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...  Petralogy: A Treatise on Rocks - Page 148by John Pinkerton - 1811Full view - About this book
 | John Pinkerton - Atlases - 1804 - 706 pages
...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 of this earth carried to another place docs not produce this effect. Not long aince eight horses were consumed by this fire-, being under... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1807 - 506 pages
...is uncovered immediately lakes fire almost before the coal touches the earth ; the llame makes 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 the ground, confined and closed with earth... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 434 pages
...is uncovered immediately takes fire almost before the coal touches the earth ; the flame makes 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 the ground, confined and" closed with earth... | |
 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 pages
...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. — This lambent flame may be extinguished iu the same manner as that of spirits of wine. It smells... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Geography - 1823 - 512 pages
...is uncovered immediately takes fire, almost before the coal touches the earth. The flame makes 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 this effect.... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 830 pages
...so uncovered immediately takes fire, almost before the coal touches the earth : the flame makes 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 produce this effect. Not long since... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1833 - 418 pages
...so uncovered immediately takes fire, almost before the coal touches the earth. The flame makes the soil hot, but does not consume it, nor affect what...this earth carried to another place does not produce the same effect." The Gebirs, or worshippers of fire, have a number of temples here, anciently dedicated... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Adventure and adventurers - 1838 - 672 pages
...so uncovered immediately takes tire, almost before the coal touches the earth. The flame makes 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, being under a roof where the surface... | |
 | Thomas Ewing (of Edinburgh.) - 1839 - 348 pages
...so uncovered immediately takes fire, almost before the coal touches the earth ; the flame makes 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 in the ground, confined and close with the... | |
 | Charles Marvin - Baku (Azerbaijan) - 1884 - 540 pages
...so uncovered immediately takes fire, almost before the coal touches the earth ; the flame makes the soil hot, but does not consume it, nor affect what...fire, being under a roof where the surface of the THE EVERLASTING GAS OF BAKU. 171 ground was turned up, and by some accident took flame. If a cane or... | |
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