 | Tom Telescope, John Newbery - Science - 1794 - 166 pages
...upon the ground; and fifhes perilhed i'n the neighbouring waters, which were made hot and infefied by it. There happened another eruption in Martial's time ; which he elegantly defcribes in one of his epigrams, and laments the fad change of the mountain, which he faw firft in... | |
 | Tom Telescope - Science - 1808 - 188 pages
...suffocated in the air, and fell down dead upon the ground : and fishes perished in the neighboring waters, which were made hot and infected by it. There...the sad change of the mountain, which he saw first in its verdure, and immediately after black with ashes and embers. When the burning ceased, the rain... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 482 pages
...Rome, bul also beyond the Mediterranean, into Africa; birds were suffocated in the air, torn! fell down upon the ground; and fishes perished in the neighbouring waters, which were made hot, and infected by it. Another very violent eruption, in 1631, totally destroyed the town of Torre del preco. The cruplion... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 480 pages
...Rome, but also beyond the Mediterranean, into Africa; birds were suffocated in the air, And fell down upon the ground; and fishes perished in 'the neighbouring waters, which were made bot, and infected by it: Another Vtry ^violent eruption, in 1031, totally destroyed ihe.lownof Torre... | |
 | Thomas Ewing (of Edinburgh.) - 1839 - 348 pages
...beyond the Mediterranean into Africa, and even to Egypt. Birds were suffocated in the air, and fell down upon the ground ; and fishes perished in the neighbouring waters, which were made hot and infected by it. It was accompanied by an earthquake. The lava, ashes, and other matter ejected from the crater overwhelmed... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1841 - 586 pages
...Mediterranean into Africa ; birds were suffocated in the air and fell dead upon the ground, and the fishes perished in the neighbouring waters, which were made hot and infected by it : this eruption proved fatal to Pliny, the naturalist. Herculaneum was discovered in 1737, and many... | |
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Vespasian, there was such a dreadful eruption of impetuous flames, that great quantities of ashes and sulphureous smoke were not only carried to Rome by the wind, but also beyond the Mediterranean, into Africa, and even into Egypt. Moreover, birds were... 