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Excerpt from Volcanoes and Earthquakes The volcano, in spite of its long repose, was not extinguished. It broke out all at once in a formia able eruption, which buried several towns lying at its foot. This happened in the month of August 79, after violent earthquakes, which, during the preceding sixteen years, had devastated the country. Pliny the younger, in the following letter, addressed to the historian Tacitus, recounted this event, in the midst of which his uncle perished, a Victim to his humanity and his love of science. Pliny the Younger's account of the Death of the Elder Pliny. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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