Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Vesuvius
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A flattened conical mountain, 4161 ft. in height, and an active volcano on the Bay of Naples, 10 m. SE. of the city; it was by eruption of it that the two cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii were overwhelmed in 79 A.D.; its crater is half a mile in diameter, and has a depth of 350 ft.; there are some 60 eruptions on record, the latest being in 1891.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Vesuvius'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/v/vesuvius.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Vesuvius'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/v/vesuvius.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
