The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872

by Luigi Palmieri

THE
ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS
IN 1872,

BY

PROFESSOR LUIGI PALMIERI,

Of the University of Naples; Director of the Vesuvian Observatory.

WITH NOTES, AND AN
INTRODUCTORY SKETCH OF THE PRESENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE
OF TERRESTRIAL VULCANICITY,

The Cosmical Nature and Relations of Volcanoes and Earthquakes.

BY

ROBERT MALLET,

Mem. Inst. C.E., F.R.S., F.G.S., M.R.I.A., &c., &c.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.