CHAPTER | PAGE |
I. | The Volcanic Eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 | 1 |
II. | Some Effects of the Eruption of Krakatoa | 12 |
III. | The Volcanic Island of Hawaii | 26 |
IV. | The Volcanic Island of Iceland | 46 |
V. | Vesuvius | 58 |
VI. | Other Volcanoes of the Mediterranean | 73 |
VII. | Orizaba, Popocatepetl, Ixtaccihuatl, and Other Volcanoes of Mexico | 85 |
VIII. | Coseguina and Other Volcanoes of Central America | 91 |
IX. | The Volcanic Mountains of South America | 97 |
X. | Volcanoes of the United States | 105 |
XI. | The Catastrophe of Martinique and the Volcanic Islands of the Lesser Antilles | 117 |
XII. | Some Other Noted Volcanic Mountains | 125 |
XIII. | Jorullo, a Young Volcanic Mountain | 130 |
XIV. | Mid-Ocean Volcanic Islands | 137 |
XV. | Submarine Volcanoes | 141 |
XVI. | Distribution of the Earth's Volcanoes | 148 |
XVII. | Volcanoes of the Geological Past | 153 |
XVIII. | LaPlace's Nebular Hypothesis | 157 |
XIX. | The Earth's Heated Interior, the Cause of Volcanoes | 165 |
XX. | Some Forms of Lava | 178 |
XXI. | Mud Volcanoes and Hot Springs | 193 |
XXII. | The Volcanoes of the Moon | 207 |
XXIII. | Earthquakes | 219 |
XXIV. | Some of the Phenomena of Earthquakes | 231 |
XXV. | The Earthquake of Calabria in 1783 | 245 |
XXVI. | The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 | 252 |
XXVII. | The Earthquake of Cutch, India, in 1819 | 257 |
XXVIII. | The San Francisco Earthquake of April 18, 1906 | 262 |
XXIX. | Some Other Notable Earthquakes | 269 |
XXX. | Sodom and Gomorrah and the Cities of the Plain | 281 |
XXXI. | Instruments for Recording and Measuring Earthquake Shocks | 290 |
XXXII. | Seaquakes | 296 |
XXXIII. | The Distribution of Earthquakes | 303 |
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