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" A great wave swept over the coast of Spain, and is said to have been sixty feet high at Cadiz. At Tangier, in Africa, it rose and fell eighteen times on the coast ; at Funchal, in Madeira, it rose full fifteen feet perpendicular above high-water mark,... "
Outlines of Physical Geography - Page 59
by George William Fitch - 1856 - 225 pages
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Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former ..., Volume 1

Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1832 - 634 pages
...cattle, were swallowed up. Soon after the earth closed again over them. Great wave caused by it,—A great wave Swept over the coast of Spain, and is said...times on the coast. At Funchal, in Madeira, it rose full fifteen feet perpendicular above high-water mark, although the tide which ebbs and flows there...
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Principles of Geology: Being an Inquiry how Far the Former Changes ..., Volume 1

Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1837 - 568 pages
...places.* Great wave and retreat of the sea. — A great wave swept over the coast of Spain, and it is said to have been sixty feet high at Cadiz. At...times on the coast. At Funchal, in Madeira, it rose full fifteen feet perpendicular above high-water mark, although the tide, which ebbs and flows there...
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The Encyclopędia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description ..., Volume 1

Hugh Murray - Commercial geography - 1837 - 612 pages
...its ordinary level. At Kinsale, in Ireland, the sea rushed into the harbour, and invaded the land. At Tangier, in Africa, it rose and fell eighteen times...coast At Funchal, in Madeira, it rose fifteen feet above high-water mark ; although the tide, which ebbs and flows there seven feet, was then half ebb....
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Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 9

1843 - 826 pages
...rushed into the harbor, and invaded the land. At Tangier, 1843.] The Encyclopedia of Geography. [MAY, in Africa, it rose and fell eighteen times on the...coast. At Funchal, in Madeira, it rose fifteen feet above high-water mark ; although the tide, which ebbs and flows there seven feet, was then half ebb....
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The History of Barbados: Comprising a Geographical and Statistical ...

Robert Hermann Schomburgk - Barbados - 1848 - 780 pages
...the Bourg de la Trinite. A similar phenomenon was observed in Barbados, as we shall see hereafter. At Tangier in Africa it rose and fell eighteen times on the coast. At Funchal in Madeira, it rose full fifteen feet perpendicular above high-water mark ; •no it Kinsale in Ireland, a body of water...
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Outlines of Physical Geography

George William Fitch - History - 1856 - 276 pages
...Sindree, was submerged, the Ullah Bund, a mound near by, rising as a compensating elevation. 193. Clefis or fissures are frequently formed by earthquakes,...caused an immense destruction of life and property, and in some parts of the world, as in South America, the inhabitants are in constant apprehension of...
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Journal of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland

Royal Geological Society of Ireland - Geology - 1856 - 368 pages
...Holland, Corsica, Switzerland, and Italy, tremors and slight oscillations of the ground were felt. " A great wave swept over the coast of Spain, and is...Africa, it rose and fell eighteen times on the coast. At Kinsale, in Ireland, a body of water rushed into the harbour, whirled round several vessels, and poured...
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Outlines of Geonomy: A Treatise on the Physical Laws of the Earth and the ...

James Stanley Grimes - Geology - 1858 - 180 pages
...Sweden, Germany, and Italy, tremors were felt. " A great wave swept over the coast of Spain, and it is said to have been sixty feet high at Cadiz. At...Africa, it rose and fell eighteen times on the coast, la Madeira it rose full fifteen feet perpendicular above the high-water mark, although the tide, which...
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Outlines of Geonomy: A Treatise on the Physical Laws of the Earth and the ...

James Stanley Grimes - Geology - 1858 - 178 pages
...Sweden, Germany, and Italy, tremors were felt. * " A great wave swept over the coast of Spain, and it is said to have been sixty feet high at Cadiz. At...in Africa, it rose and fell eighteen times on the cqast. In Madeira it rose full fifteen feet perpendicular above the high-water mark, although the tide,...
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The Lithology of Edinburgh

John Fleming - Petrology - 1859 - 262 pages
...PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY (1850), states, as one of the accompaniments of the great Lisbon earthquake (1755), " A great wave swept over the coast of Spain, and is...feet high at Cadiz. At Tangier in Africa, it rose anil fell eighteen times on the coast. At Funchal, in Madeira, it rose full fifteen feet perpendicular...
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