The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes

FOOTNOTES:

[1] A point on the other side of the earth directly opposite a given point.

[2] A fracture of a stratum, or a general rock mass, with a relative displacement of the opposite sides of the break.

The plane or fracture of a fault, known as the fault-plane, is seldom vertical. The higher side is called the heaved or upthrow side; the opposite side the thrown or downthrow side.

[3] Tectonic Earthquake. An earthquake due to the sudden slip of faulted strata.

[4] I. e., burnt out mountain, extinct volcano.

[5] Epicentre. A point on the surface of the earth vertically above the point of origin of an earthquake, or the place where it starts.

Transcriber's Notes
Obvious printer errors have been silently corrected.
Some illustrations have been moved to paragraph breaks.
Page 43: Kamehamoha could be a typo for Kamehameha.
Page 68: Changed "salter" to "saltier."
(Orig: another with water salter than the sea,)
Page 76: Changed "Ena" to "Etna."
(Orig: during his time Mt. Ena had lost so much of its height)
Page 115: "eruption during the winter of 1841-43," could be a typo for 1841-42 or 1842-43.
Page 122: "Mont PelÉe" could be a typo for "Mount PelÉe."
Page 136: 43° C." (109° 4' F.). could be a typo for (109.4° F.).
Page 341: Changed one-eight to one-eighth.
(Orig: It was equal to one-eight of a Roman mile)
Retained the following spelling variations:
Page 49: The largest volcano in Iceland, the DyngjufkÖll,
Page 57: The largest volcano in Iceland is Dyngjufjoll.
Pages 52, 193, 311: Geikie
Page 181: Geicke
Pages 17, 156, 257: Hindostan
Page 165: Hindustan
Page 63: Lucullis
Page 76: Lucullus

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