File:EB9 Geysers - Mackensie theory.jpg

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English: Cross-sectional diagram of a geyser: “Let us suppose a cavity C, communicating with the pipe PQ, filled with boiling water to the height AB, and that the steam above this line is confined so that it sustains the water to the height P. If we suppose a sudden addition of heat to be applied under the cavity C, a quantity of steam will be produced which, owing to the great pressure, will be evolved in starts causing the noises like discharges of artillery, and the shaking of the ground.”
Date 1879; reused 1911
Source "Geyser" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. X, p. 556. Reused for "Geyser" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. XI., p. 914.
Author AnonymousUnknown author, after a diagram in George Mackenzie's Travels in Iceland, presumably engraved by John Bartholomew & Son or William & Alexander Keith Johnston
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.
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A diagram representing the "Mackensie theory" concerning the origin of geysers

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