Word: volcano
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...ride on the top of an in-rushing wave is comparable only to coasting or skiing. The scenery of the island is famous the world over; for the north side of Honolulu slopes precipitously into the sea from a height of over 4,000 feet. The largest extinct volcano in the world, with a crater many miles in diameter, is one of the many wonders of the island. Back from the coast are miles and miles of green sugar plantations...
...Technology accompanied Professor Jaggar. The results of their investigations are to appear later in the Technology Quarterly. The party visited all the islands of the Aleutian chain from Unimak Pass to Atka. It was found that the island of Bogoslof was one of the wonders of volcanology. This island volcano is northwest of the peninsula of Alaska. It first appeared as the result of an eruption in 1796, and it has been more or less active ever since...
...conflagrations by which the lake dwellings of the stone and bronze ages were destroyed, are also on exhibition. Seventy illustrations of a few wild flowers from the eastern United States, painted by Mrs. C. D. Murdoch, and specimens of "Silver Sword" collected from the brink of the volcano Holeakala, Mani, Hawaiian Islands, have also been acquired...
...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...
...north coast. The route taken is considered the hardest way of crossing the island, as many fords have to be made, the deepest that across the Thojorsa River, the largest of the rivers of Iceland. On this part of the trip the party passed near Mt. Heckle, the famous volcano, and for two days rode close to the Arnafells Jokull and the Vatna Jokull, the latter the largest glacier in Europe. In six days the expedition reached Akureyri, after a ride of over 500 miles. Here the party separated, Dr. Farabee and four others returning by the post road...