Oliver, 18th C travelers were very much taken by eruptions of Vesuvius and tried to recreate the spectacle using artificial volcanoes in the theaters of London -- "sideshow engineers repackaged their pyrotechnical displays as volcanic paroxysm, treating patrons to nightly effusions of smoke, cacophonic rumbles, and fiery lights jetting from giant plaster Vesuvian cones. “The Eruption Of Vesuvius Vomiting Forth Torrents of Fire!” promised a typical newspaper advertisement."
So too during the French revolution, volcanic stage shows became a symbol for the overthrow of the monarchy. Then there's the 1794 artificial volcano on the Stone Island of Woerlitz. Regarding weather and climate: James P. Espy, Philosophy of Storms, 1841, p. xxiv uses the words volcano and artificial on the same page. Undoubtedly, his theory of lighting giant fires to cause precipitation was inspired by volcanoes, as there are long sections on both phenomena in his book. In the 1960s Reid Bryson was concerned about anthropogenic increases of the Earth's albedo. He called the overall climatic effect of human activities a "human volcano" that could upset the climatic balance. So artificial volcano is not recent and need not refer to SRM. Jim On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 11:12 AM, O Morton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does anyone know where the term "artificial volcano" first came from? I think > it was Budyko, but I can't find hard evidence... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- James Fleming STS Program Colby College 5881 Mayflower Hill Waterville, ME 04901 Ph: 207-859-5881 Fax: 207-859-5846 Web: http://www.colby.edu/profile/jfleming -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
