MOFETTA (Ital. from Lat. mephitis, a pestilential exhalation)

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MOFETTA (Ital. from Lat. mephitis, a pestilential exhalation) , a name applied to a volcanic

discharge

DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, often associated with other vapours, representing the final phase of volcanic activity. The word is used frequently in the plural as mofette, or, following the

French

FRENCH
CHESTER
- CHESTER
- CHESTER, EARLS OF
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CHESTER
- CHESTER
- CHESTER, EARLS OF
(1850– )
FRENCH,
NICHOLAS
(1604-1678)

, mofettes. The volcanic vents yielding the emanations are themselves calledmofette. They are not uncommon in

Auvergne

AUVERGNE

and in the

Eifel

EIFEL

, notably on the shore of the Laacher See; whilst other examples are furnished by the Grotta del Cane, near Puzzuoli, the Valley of Death in Java, and the Death Gulch in the Yellowstone

Park

PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch,
fold
- FOLD
, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia,
parish
- PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)
)
PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

.

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