Chapters XX & XXI: The VOLCANO & GREAT ERUPTIONS OF VESUVIUS

<p class="p1">People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos S14BE10 </p> Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History, by A. H. Godbey <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p2"></p> <p class="p3"><a href='https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51246/51246-h/51246-h.htm#CHAPTER_XX'>CHAPTER XX.</a></p> <p class="p4">THE VOLCANO.</p> <p class="p5">Erroneous views—Myths—Active principle in volcanoes—Atmospheric pressure—Rain at eruptions—Lava, pumice, ashes and tufa—Different phases of action—Stromboli, the “lighthouse"—Lava bubbles—Thrilling adventure—Lost!—Theory of a molten earth—Objections to it—The earth cools slowly—Subsidence and chemical action—Distribution of volcanoes—Their work and forms</p> <p class="p6">{xi}</p> <p class="p3"><a href='https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51246/51246-h/51246-h.htm#CHAPTER_XXI'>CHAPTER XXI.</a></p> <p class="p4">GREAT ERUPTIONS OF VESUVIUS.</p> <p class="p5">Pompeii long buried—Excavations begun—A hermetically sealed city—Scenes in the town—Pliny’s story—Hundreds stifled—Finding the bodies—Subsequent eruptions—Notable convulsion of 1538—The eruption of 1531, 1737 and 1793—Recent observations</p> <p class="p7"> Our Sponsors: <a href='https://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1794713&u=1307916&m=111907'>Donner(Guitars, Guitar Pedals, Microphones, Amps, and other Musical Instruments</a> Cool Summer Sales <a href='https://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1264535&u=1307916&m=83754'>Glarry(inexpensive guitars)</a> Cheap guitars for beginners and modders. <a href='https://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=199286&u=1307916&m=24631'>California Tea House</a> <a href='https://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=385748&u=1307916&m=40674'>Biblio</a> Used Books Our Products: <a href='https://pgttcm.threadless.com/'>Sticker & Shirts!!!</a></p> <p class="p8"> </p> <p class="p5">Follow us:</p> <p class="p9"><a href='https://pgttcm.podbean.com/'>Podbean</a></p> <p class="p9"><a href='https://www.amazon.com/OLEANDER-Sci-Fi-Fiction-Cosmic-Horror/dp/B08K59ZC57'>Amazon</a></p> <p class