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See also:MAMMOTH See also:CAVE , a cave in Edmondson See also:county, See also:Kentucky, U.S.A., 370 14' N. See also:lat. and 86° 12' W. See also:long., by See also:rail 85 M. S,S.W. of See also:Louisville. Steamboats run from the mouth of the See also:Green See also:river, near See also:Evansville, See also:Indiana, to the Mammoth Cave landing, The cave is usually said to have been discovered, in 1809, by a See also:hunter named Hutchins; but the county records, as See also:early as 2797, fixed its entrance as the landmark for a piece of real See also:estate. Its mouth is in a See also:forest See also:ravine, 194 ft. above Green river and 600 ft. above the See also:sea. This See also:aperture is not the See also:original mouth, the latter being a chasm a See also:quarter of a mile See also:north of it, and leading into what is known as See also:Dixon's cave. The two portions are not now connected, though persons in one can make themselves heard by those in the other.
The cavernous See also:limestone of Kentucky covers an See also:area of 8000 sq. m., is massive and homogeneous, and belongs to the Subcarboniferous See also:period. It shows few traces of dynamic disturbance, but has been carved, mainly by erosion since the See also:Miocene See also:epoch, into many caverns, of which the Mammoth Cave is the largest.
The natural See also:arch that admits one to Mammoth Cave has a span of 70 ft., and from a ledge above it a cascade leaps 59 ft. to the rocks below, where it disappears. A See also:flight of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone steps leads the way down to a narrow passage; through which the See also:air rushes with vio lence, outward in summer and inward in See also:winter. The temperature of the cave is uniformly 54° F. through-out the See also:year, and the See also:atmosphere is both chemically and optically of singular purity. While the See also:lower levels are moist from the large pools and See also:rivers that have See also:secret connexion with Green river, the upper galleries are extremely dry. These conditions led at one See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to the erection of thirteen cottages at a point about 1 m. underground, for the use of invalids, especially consumptives. The experiment failed, and only two cottages now remain as curiosities.
The See also:Main Cave, from 40 to 300 ft. wide and from 35 to 125 ft. high, has several vast rooms, e.g. the Rotunda, where are the ruins of the old See also:saltpetre See also:works; the See also:Star Chamber, where the protrusion of See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white crystals through a coating of the See also:black See also:oxide of See also:manganese creates an See also:optical illusion of See also:great beauty; the See also:Chief See also:City, where an area of 2 acres is covered by a vault 125 ft. high, and the See also:floor is strewn with rocky fragments, among which are found numerous See also:half-burnt torches made of See also:caries, and other signs of prehistoric occupancy. Two skeletons were exhumed near the
(From Tilesius.)
Rotunda; but few other bones of any description have been found. The so-called Mammoth Cave " mummies " (i.e. bodies kept by being inhumed in nitrous See also:earth), with accompanying utensils, ornaments, braided sandals and other See also:relics, were found in See also:Short and See also:Salt Caves near by, and removed to Mammoth Cave for See also:exhibition. The Main Cave, which abruptly ends 4 M. from the entrance, is joined by winding passages, with spacious galleries on different levels; and, although the See also:diameter of the area of the whole cavern is less than xo m., the conbined length of all accessible avenues is supposed to be about 150 M.
The chief points of See also:interest are arranged along two lines of exploration, besides which there are certain See also:side excursions.and was formerly regarded as the finest See also:room in the cavern. Others admire more the Mammoth See also:Dome, at the termination of Spark's See also:Avenue, where a See also:cataract falls from a height of 150 ft. amid walls wonderfully draped with stalactitic See also:tapestry. The See also:Egyptian See also:Temple, which is a continuation of the Mammoth Dome, contains six massive columns, two of them quite perfect and 8o ft. high and 25 ft. in diameter. The combined length of these contiguous See also:chambers is 400 ft. By a crevice above they are connected with an See also:arm of See also:Audubon's Avenue. See also:Lucy's Dome, one of the See also:group of Jessup Domes, is supposed to be the loftiest of all these See also:vertical shafts. A See also:- PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)
pit called the" See also:Maelstrom," in Croghan's See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, is the spot most remote from the mouth of
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t. 'Kentucky Cill/k and thr 4 . See also:Fat Matra Misery.
Cbncc wa 0. bandit Nall
4. TM See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church A6. Bri9B's AwmH. '
1. See also:Booth. A.nph/fhlotre 67. Charters See also:Coma
6 See also:Standing Rocks 48. See also:Wyatt. Coffees
7 60008 Arch J9 Bd/altoed See also:Rock I. Cietd's Co/Jand Canes fo The Dead See
Cate"_ f 1. See also:Chest's Casoads y Acute See also:Angle and Cottages D. Jame. landing
to See also:Proctor's See also:Arcade 1a. C.o.d. Nall
0. See also:Wright's Rotunda 73. See also:Serpent Nall
v NY Cataiaeta k•Valley-way Side4.tt '3 See also:Fairy Grotto
'4. SkCatheruw City
1i Symmei Pit
16. luau.* 's
17.
See also:Register Nall tan. &Ida1 See also:Altar
t9.7,. Arm See also:Chair
...See also:Lover'. leap at. See also:Elba. Creak.
.a See also:Napoleon'. Dater
a} See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson's Way h- take Purity .1. Annette tame tb. Leis Cistern
a7 Wooden Bowl Roam
se. The Olt Way Found
.9, Way to Pits and .Sane.
o. Side See also:Saddle Pit
0' BOttom/ew At 7.. Cawrrd Pd M. Scylla
14. Cherybdis
77. See also:Putnam's See also:Cabinet 77. See also:Dismal Hollow
76. Darnall's Way 78 See also:Clark's See also:Ace..,.
77. Ariadn'a Grotto 79 HeHnn'a Anemic
18. Short cut from Batto.nlass' Ib. See also:Nicholson'. Awnur
Pit to See also:Gori g's!See also:Iona 8t. See also:Boone Amrua
79 Rawlle, 8 Nall 8.. Pinson's Pass
09. See also:Gram! See also:Crossing 6,i. ha^ukin's Way 4t. Pineapple See also:Bush
'roto000 LW1I
Table of approximate distances'
To the Kentucky CliffsH abut 38o yds.
,, Standing Rocks 647
See also:Giant's See also:Coffin e 87S
. .
Star Ch a m h e r 150 ;y,
ON)ma See also:Thule N I 6945 ..
See also:Angelica's Grotto 1937
.,. Angelica's Grotto 19f] Mammoth 0961e,, 1870 '.,,
See also:Echo Ricer (Ail also
.. .End afEchoRl erfestl two ~.
a Jlss0P DomR
..' See also:Mary'. V.heyard 6000 ,,
.. Nawy'a See also:Cathedral
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e MaNst..m „...« A 'bap ..
31. The Cr.., See also:tester. .-
36. Vale of See also:Flowers
37. The Jessup Danea
18 Ole Boers See also:Concert Bap'
19. See also:Fly Chamber
60. SANP Shelter
61. Carrion's Duna
6s. Black Hole of See also:Chicane 6y Parrish's Path 63. See also:Crypt of Jerk 6,. See also:Washington Noll
66. S.0.. See also:Ball Roam
67. Floral See also:Cross
6B. Orpha'e Carden-49.See also:Wisdom i Path 7a See also:Paradise
7. Toe's Grotto 72. Flar.'s Carden 71 Vale of See also:Diamond A. .NM's Nall
7i Cherlolt'a Grotto 76.
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