The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-05-25
BIRTH OF A VOLCANO,
Natures Process In Forming a
Mountain eff Lava.
THE FORCE OF AN ERUPTION.

Upheavai That Destroyed the East
indian island OF Krakatos In 1888
Propelled an Air Wave Three and
Half Times Round the Earth.
Though volcanoes are often spoken
at as burning mountains, fhey do not
Wfn al 81. nor in the proper sense of
fle ord, ne they mountains At all.
y volcano IS really a 'ia# il lie crust
AZ The earth through which The fierce
allowing heat l5ne below lire crust has
managed Ia burst Aule Through this
bele GREAT Haa a5 a Heited rock spout
MP. SEINE volcanoes work at inter-
}ats; some are in eruption al the time
- t4e melted roek jets up into the
Hif aud fails il HatuiagY builds itself
Into Il mountain round the hole. The
UeSJ eruption has tO hurst It's way
fdfHueH the Heart Of HAT mountain.
IHe chimney it spouts through is usu-
ally called "the pipe
Sometimes an eruption S so fierce
thai when Che lava aunrhcr name for
melted f0ekJ sPmits nli it is burst into
bits Whom il falls It IS sometimes as
line as dust sometimes the SIZE Of elm
dcfs. Most volcanoes, indeed, are sim
plv gigantic cinacr heaps.
Whom the force IS mol 50 great the
lava in The pipe simply bubbles over
and flows down the sides of the noun
tain. exactly rs pofridge bolts over the
rdse of a poi. As lava is liquid, the
seBe Of lava Volcano tot lava cone
rs II Is usually caiiedl is always very
gentle Falling ciHdrrs oH the other
hand. pile thcmsehes NJ quite sieeply
A LAVA COM. then, IS always less steep
than einder conc
And volcano never burns What
locks like flame IS only the alew of
the white hot lava on he clouds Of
steam The more steam there is fore
I'M lis WAY ZIP The pine the more the
lata bubbles lusl as IN Tie ease of
tlo pdIridgc If the pressure of steam
is frtY great Then You hate the lava
blown 10 bits and failing rs einderS,
while tie mighty clouds of steam rise
heh above the mountain II is this
steam that Is mistaken tai anlokc.
Sometimes a eone sends qHt ltHa and
ciadre= AternaielH- Se that You have
a afcat mountain Of cfhtlefs bound To-
gdthcr by myers and wallis # lafa.
These Walls 81 laAa are dne 10 the
f4at that sometimes marc LAVA wants
"a come uR the pipe than the pipe viii
Ha1J Ea tlp lagu Hursfs lis WAY out
lHfe0si weak spots IN Inc sIues oil the
mountain. Lima has HI fewer man
d#f NJ theaf cones on It's sieies. 9he
"i lhem. d9itte E2Szt = III. IN
ltzzii, hrtas Ia lse3 e'Sn= i6aeed.
uH5'lei=ei LIMA looks us u u We're coy
cred with nln1dtes
When Etna Is really foused II IS lar
MOTE dangerous than NesuEths- In
'lal 1t nearly destroyed the city OF
G1tania. killing l".uu1 people. In l66J
VI iouhd us lipp s." ihe"hNchIehly
mall mat II had to- crack one OF its
tdes. This crack "as no less thah
tAelNe miles lolls ~ the e'lt9lh
white het iatA ee3'l 0itlA he se.u
through Tie eleti'lsz 81 sil''tli lp l.'o
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