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II.—On the British Earthquakes of 1889.1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Charles Davison
Charles Davison
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Mathematical Master at King Edward's High School, Birmingham
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I Propose in this paper to write a short account of the earthquakes that have been felt in Great Britain during the year 1889, and to consider the relations of these earthquakes with the geological structure of the districts in which, they occurred. The attempt seems to me worth making, for two reasons. The first is that, though few in number and slight in intensity, the earthquakes which visit this country are individually and in their connexion with preceding shocks, of considerable interest. And, secondly, the accounts, even when published, are widely dispersed, and, appearing chiefly in local newspapers, become difficult of access in after years.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , February 1891 , pp. 57 - 67
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1891

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A paper read before the Royal Society, June 19, 1890, and published in abstract in the Roy. Soc. Proc. vol. 48, pp. 275–277.

References

page 57 note 2 For example, the statement that, during the Edinburgh earthquake of Jan. 18, a boy was thrown out of bed at Gogar, is evidently inaccurate.

page 58 note 1 de Rossi, M. S.. Bull. Vulc. ital., anno. iv. (1873), pp. 39–40;Google Scholar Forel, F. A., Arch. des Sc. phys. et nat., 3me pér. t. xi. pp. 148–149.Google Scholar

page 60 note 1 It may be well to remark here, that, excepting the sections on the geological relations of the earthquakes, the following accounts were almost entirely written, the isoseismal lines were drawn upon the maps, and the positions of the epicentra determined, before any reference whatever was made to the geological maps of the disturbed areas.

page 62 note 1 To the south of Peebles, owing to the small scale of the map, I have been obliged to omit the indication of a number of places where, as Dr. Gunn's inquiries show, the shock was not felt.

page 65 note 1 Howell, H. H. and Geikie, A., Geology of the Neighbourhood of Edinburgh, pp. 118–119.Google Scholar

page 66 note 1 On the Existence of Undisturbed Spots in Earthquake-shaken Areas, Geol. Mag. (04, 1886), Vol. III. pp. 157–159.Google Scholar

page 67 note 1 Geol. of the Neighbourhood of Edinburgh, p. 120.Google Scholar

page 67 note 2 The following papers contain descriptions of the Edinburgh earthquake:—A.G., The Earthquake at Edinburgh, Nature (01. 31, 1889), vol. 39, pp. 324–325.Google Scholar R. Richardson, On the Earthquake Shocks experienced in the Edinburgh District on Friday, January 18, 1889 (read before the Edinburgh Geol. Soc. on Feb. 21, 1889), “Scottish Geographical Magazine” for March, 1889.