He formed a small ball of the metals which I have named, and which was a very fair representation of our globe; whenever he caused a fine dew of rain to fall upon its surface, it heaved up into little monticules, it became oxydized and formed miniature mountains; a crater broke open at one of its summits; the eruption took place, and communicated to the whole of the ball such a heat that it could not be held in the hand."
Cuando se hacía caer sobre su superficie un finísimo rocío, se hinchaba aquélla, se oxidaba y formaba una pequeña montaña, en cuya cumbre se abría momentos después un cráter. Sobrevenía una erupción y era tan grande el calor que ésta comunicaba a la esfera, que se hacía imposible el sostenerla en la mano.