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1. The Earthquake of 28th November 1880 in Scotland and Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

Charles Alexander Stevenson
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In 1877, my father, Mr David Stevenson, communicated to the Society a notice of earthquake shocks in Argyllshire (see Proceedings, vol. ix.) from observations made by the keepers at several lighthouses, which the late Dr Bryce undertook to use in his intended visit to the west of Scotland, to trace the source of the earthquake waves of 1877, an intention which, however, was suddenly terminated by his lamented accidental death at Inverness.

Another earthquake shock, which visited Scotland and the north of Ireland on the 28th November 1880, has afforded the means of acquiring further observations, of which I think (in connection with those formerly given) the Society may consider it not unimportant to have a record in their Proceedings.

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Proceedings 1880-81
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 11 , 1882 , pp. 176 - 187
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1882

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page 183 note * If the wave in its course passed over a greater extent of land than of sea, it has been classified as a land journey, and vice versa.