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StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0317Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of an erupting volcano, four people can be seen in the foreground observing the eruption. Above the image "T576 (Star)" is printed, below the image "16400 T Impressive Magnificence of a Volcanic Eruption in Java, Dutch East Indies." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
16400
A VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN JAVA
Any opening in the earth that throw up hot rock and steam is a volcano. Usually a volcano builds up a cone-shaped peak about its crater, as the mouth of the opening is called. A volcano is said to be "active" when it burts forth from time to time. these outburst are called eruptions. They sometimes wipe out whole cities several miles from the peak.
We know that the inside of the earth, or at least parts of it, are very hot. This heat causes gases to form and these after a time explode. A study of the view shows that result. In the upper left corner in an area of steam. Dense smoke, and what is termed ashes and cinders make up the heavier parts of the erutpion. Melted stone, called lava, pours over the edge of the crater and runs down the sides of the cone. the built-up peak stands out clearly like a mound of ice. Many volcanoes are entirely extinct, and many are inactive for years at a time. Then rumblings are heard inside for days or months, until finally an eruption takes place. There are vocanoes in North America, but most of the active ones are in Mexico, Cnetral America, and the West Indies. many islands in the Pacific have been thrown up by volcanic upheavals.
Java is an island in the East Indies. It belongs to the Netherlands. Much of the soil is very rich. Rice, sugar, coffee, tea, tobacco, cotton, maize, and indigo are grown on the large plantations. Its chief mineral is tin. Java is slightly larger than Pennsylvania, but it has almost one-third as many people as the whole United States. The capital and most impportant city is Batavia.
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