Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

Baked in an Oven -- A Living Volcano -- Vesuvius in action -- Carried up the Cone of Ashes in a Chair -- View of the Crater in a Dark Night -- Sunrise -- Descent by Ropes and Rolling into the great Crater -- Watched the small Crater in active eruption at intervals -- Measured a Base of 330 feet -- Depth of great Crater 570 feet -- Descent into small Crater -- A Lake of red-hot Boiling Lava -- Regained the great Crater with the sacrifice of my Boots -- Lunched on Biscuits and Irish Whisky -- Visit to the Hot Springs of Ischia -- Towns destroyed by Earthquake -- Coronets of Smoke projected by Vesuvius -- Artificial Mode of producing them -- Firedamp visited in Welsh Coal-mine in company with Professor Moll.

Baked in an Oven