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OF
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THE WONDER BOOK OF VOLCANOES AND .EARTHQUAKES
THE
WONDER BOOK OF
VOLCANOES AND EAETHQUAKES
BY PROFESSOR
EDWIN
J.
HOUSTON,
Pn.D.
NEW YORK FREDERICK
A.
STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
NOV 6 Jo
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WITHDRAW!*
Copyright, 1907, by FREDERICK A. &TOKES COMPANT
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Geology
1W ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We take this opportunity of acknowledging the courtesy of the following publishers,
who have
helped us in con-
nection with the illustrations of this book:
Holt
Henry
and
Company
("Physiography,"
by
Rollin D. Salisbury).
D. Appleton and 42, 43, 44, 45
and
Company
46,
What They Teach," by ples of Geology,"
by
(Figs. 13,
"Volcanoes: J.
35, 39,
W. Judd;
Fig. 15, "Princi-
Sir C. Lyell).
The American Book Company ("Manual
by James
D wight
40, 41,
What They Are and
of Geology,"
Dana).
G. P. Putnam's Sons ("Earthquakes in the Light of the
New
Seismology,"
by
C. E. Dutton).
The Clarendon Press ("Geology: Chemical,
Physical,
and Stratigraphical," by Joseph Prestwich).
THE PUBLISHERS.
CONTENTS PAGE
CHAPTER I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI. VII. VIII.
IX. X. XI.
THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA IN 1883 SOME EFFECTS OF THE ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA THE VOLCANIC ISLAND OF HAWAII THE VOLCANIC ISLAND OF ICELAND VESUVIUS OTHER VOLCANOES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN ORIZABA, POPOCATEPETL, IXTACCIHUATL, AND OTHER VOL