Mount Vesuvius: A Descriptive, Historical, and Geological Account of the Volcano, With a Notice of the Recent Eruption, and an Appendix, Containing ... of Eruptions, and a List of Vesuvian Minerals - Hardcover

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The following description of Mount Vesuvius was prepared for the Geologists' Association of London, before which body it was read; but having been strongly urged to print it, and believing that a brief general and geological account of the volcano, with a notice of the eruption of this year, has not yet appeared, I venture to give these pages to the public.

The subject has been treated under four heads. In the first chapter, the geographical position of Vesuvius is described, and the various parts of the mountain indicated. In the second chapter is given the history of the volcano, with a resume of the accounts which have come down to us of the most interesting and remarkable eruptions. The third chapter has been devoted to the geological and scientific consideration of Vesuvius.

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