Word: vesuviuses
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...will sail first for Havre, whence he will proceed to Paris and then to Naples. Professor Jaggar will proceed as a representative of Mr. Alexander Agassiz, director of the University Museum, for the purpose of making a careful study of the phenomena of the present eruption of Mt. Vesuvius as compared with those of Mt. Pelee in 1902, with which he became intimately acquainted. While at Naples Professor Jaggar will make a collection of rocks and volcanic deposits, and will photograph any of the main features that may be of interest. He will also consult with other scientists...
...Europe in 1866 and 1872 studying physical phenomena, paying especial attention to glaciers and volcanoes. He climbed Vesuvius while it was in action, and it was said that he was the first man to look into the crater of an active volcano...
...verse in this number is very good, especially that of A. D. Ficke '04, whose "Antinous" and "Vesuvius" are both of unusual merit...
...views comprised about sixty places of interest, and were thrown on the white wall by the calcium light. Starting in Italy, the first picture was the Bay of Naples; then followed in quick succession the fish market at Naples, the Carthusian monastery, Virgil's tomb, Vesuvius, showing the present Crater, several views of Pompell and many more. Next, passing over to Sicily, photographs of Mount Etna, the old quarries at Syracuse, a beautiful Greek temple at Argumentum, and the bay of Falermo were shown...
...article on "Volcanoes" in Scribner's Magazine for February, there will appear a translation by Prof. J. G. Crosswell, of the famous letters of the younger Pliny to Tacitus, describing the great eruption of Vesuvius in 63, A. D. It is believed that this is the best translation of these letters which has yet appeared...