Dear All,
In my opinion Budyko did not use the term "artificial volcano". I know all main 
Budyko's publications in this field (published in Russian). In one my 
publication I used the term "virtual volcano". However, I am sure that nobody 
abroad read this Russian publication.
All the best,
Alexey Ryaboshapko
Institute of Global Climate and Ecology
Russia

Суббота, 30 марта 2013, 13:30 -04:00 от Jim Fleming <[email protected]>:
>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:
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>> Does anyone know where the term "artificial volcano" first came from? I 
>> think it was Budyko, but I can't find hard evidence...
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