Report On The East Anglian Earthquake Of April 22nd 1884

Author : Raphael Meldola
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ISBN 13 : 9781332338160
Total Pages : 242 pages
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Download or read book Report on the East Anglian Earthquake of April 22nd, 1884, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Raphael Meldola and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report on the East Anglian Earthquake of April 22nd, 1884, Vol. 1 The present report upon the most serious natural calamity that has befallen the county of Essex within the historical period has occupied the greater part of our scanty leisure time since its occurrence, and to many of our readers it may appear that the volume which we now offer as the result of our labour is out of all proportion to the magnitude of the event. In detailing the facts of the earthquake at such length we have been actuated by the desire of producing a report which we think we may venture to regard as typical of a "local investigation" in the sense insisted upon by the Corresponding Societies Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. We are of opinion that such investigations should deal as exhaustively as possible with the facts relating to any particular subject, and at the same time that the legitimate conclusions should be drawn from these facts with especial reference to the district over which the local society extends its operations. This position we have endeavoured to take up in the following report, although of course a phenomenon affecting such a wide area as the present earthquake passes beyond the province of a purely local subject, and we can only express our regret that we have not been able to secure to a greater extent the co-operation of other societies in neighbouring counties. It may, however, be fairly pleaded that earthquakes of this magnitude are of such rare occurrence in our country that seismology as a subject is hardly pursued, and that very few persons know how or what to observe under such circumstances. It is hoped that our report may for this reason be found of some service to seismologists in general, although we can but sincerely wish that their opportunities for investigation may be few and far between. The whole subject is of such great complexity, and its practical investigation is surrounded by so many difficulties, that it must as yet be regarded as one of the most infantile of the modern branches of Science. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.