Great Neapolitan Earthquake of 1857: The First Principles of Observational Seismology as Developed in the Report to the Royal Society of London of the Expedition Made by Command of the Society Into the Interior of the Kingdom of Naples, to Investigate the Circumstances of the Great Earthquake of Demember 1857, Volume 2 |
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amplitude angle of emergence Apennine Atella Avigliano axial line Barielle Basilicata BASILICATAN ACCOUNT beds beneath buildings Calabria centre church clays Coll compression December deep depth direction distance earth earthquake east and west effects elastic fact Fahr fall feet per second felt fissures flanks focal cavity focus formations fracture geographical miles ground hills horizontal houses impulse inches injury isoseismal Lavello Laviano less limestone mass Melfi monastery Monte Vulture Montemurro Monticchio mountain Muro Naples mean nearly night north and south observed occurred origin oscillation Padula passed path Photog Picerno plane Polla probably produced range Rapolla refraction ridge Rionero Ripacandida rock Royal Society ruins Salerno Saponara Sarconi seismic vertical shock of earthquake side Signor slope sound stands steep suffered summit surface temperature thrown town Tramutola transit velocity transverse tufa valley Vietri di Potenza Viggiano Vincent Brooks volcanic walls wave of shock wave-path
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