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IN continuation of the articles which have already appeared in NATURE upon the recent volcanic disaster in the West Indies, we are able to give this week some further information upon the character and consequences of the eruptions. Prof. Milne traces the development of the disturbances and uses his intimate knowledge of volcanic and seismic effects to show how they may be interpreted. In addition, we give twa separate notes upon the ash ejected during the eruptions, and seismographic records in France jon May 6. The nature of the dust ejected from the Soufrière will soon be satisfactorily determined, for last week's West Indian mail brought to this country numbers of packets of the volcanic ash which fell at Barbados, 100 miles to windward, during the night of May 7–8. The Imperial Department of Agriculture has despatched specimens to the Natural History Museum, the Geological Society,. Prof. Judd, &c.
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MILNE, J. The Recent Volcanic Eruptions in the West Indies . Nature 66, 107–112 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/066107a0
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