Show Vesuvius Dust Travfhd Far Paris was overspread with a dry yellowish fog the morning of April 11 of this year A slcentlst believing I that the fog had been caused by tho I eruption of Mount Vesuvius placed upon the roof of his dwelling a series of plates covered with glycerin to catch the dust la the fog It was found that part of ho deposit on the I plates was a very fine sand completely complete-ly identical with the ash sent up by Vesuvius in 1822 In addition to this sand the fog contained some perfectly spherical globules of oxidized iron |