 | Ebenezer Henderson - 1818 - 492 ページ
...the hand, could not discover each other's face." The sixth eruption took place in the year 1660, and the quantity of ice, &c. carried down by the inundation...fathoms above the surface of the former depositions. One of the floods carried away the houses and church of H'tfdubredca; and the church was observed to... | |
 | Ebenezer Henderson - 1819 - 634 ページ
...the hand, could not discover each other's face." The sixth eruption took place in the year 1660, and the quantity of ice, &c. carried down by the inundation...fathoms above the surface of the former depositions. One of the floods carried away the houses and church of Hofdubrecka ; and the church was observed to... | |
 | Frederick Metcalfe - 1861 - 458 ページ
...not • wanting. In the eruption which took place in 1660, the quantity of ice and other materials carried down by the inundation was so great, that...fathoms above the surface of the former depositions. One of the floods carried away the houses and church of Hb'fdabrekka; and the church was observed to... | |
 | 1861 - 734 ページ
...Hjaltalin says the clouds of pumice, ashes, and sand rendered the atmosphere in the vicinity of Kb'tlugjii very dark during nine days. Many farms were destroyed....and ashes were ejected during the greater part of the winter. Henderson asserts that " the quantity of ice, <fec., carried down by the inundation was... | |
 | 1861 - 388 ページ
...and the north of Scotland, seven hundred miles distant; and in 1783 from the Skaptar-jokul to Faroe. during nine days. Many farms were destroyed. Flames...and ashes were ejected during the greater part of the winter. Henderson asserts that " the quantity of ice, &c., carried down by the inundation was so... | |
 | 1861 - 374 ページ
...ashes, and sand rendered the atmosphere in the vicinity of Kotlugja very dark during nine days. Maay farms were destroyed. Flames and ashes were ejected during the greater part of the winter. Henderson asserts that " the quantity of ice, &c., carried down by the inundation was so... | |
 | Andrew James Symington - 1862 - 340 ページ
...Hjaltalin says the clouds of pumice, ashes, and sand, rendered the atmosphere, in the vicinity of Kotlugja, very dark during nine days. Many farms were destroyed....that where it was deposited, it rose to the height ef forty-nine fathoms above the surface of the former depositions. The church of Hb'fdabrekka' constructed... | |
 | Frederick Metcalfe - 1867 - 462 ページ
...were not wanting. In the eruption which took place in 1660, the quantity of ice and other materials carried down by the inundation was so great, that...fathoms above the surface of the former depositions. One of the floods carried away the houses and church of Hb'fdabrekka ; and the church was observed... | |
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the quantity of ice, &c., carried down by the inundation, was so great, that where it was deposited, it rose to the height of forty-nine fathoms above the surface of the former depositions. The church of Hofdabrekka... 