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RefNoAP/66/20
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On the British earthquakes of 1889' by Charles Davison
CreatorDavison; Charles (1858-1940); British mathematician; seismologist
Date1890
DescriptionDuring the year 1889 there were at least five earthquakes whose epicentra were situated within Britain.The nature of the evidence on which the accounts are founded is stated, and the method of study described. If the disturbed area is of small dimensions, and if its boundary is approximately circular or slightly elliptical in form, it is assumed that the centre of the area coincides very closely with the epicentrum of the earthquake.

Includes five pages of figures and diagrams.

Subject: Seismology / Geology

Received 16 June 1890. Read 19 June 1890. Communicated by Profesor T G [Thomas George] Bonney.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 48 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the British earthquakes of 1889'.
Extent57p
FormatManuscript
Map
Diagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1890.0040
RelatedRecordRR/10/338
RR/10/339
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6474Bonney; Thomas George (1833 - 1923)1833 - 1923
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