Buch, Englisch, 388 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 546 g
Buch, Englisch, 388 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 546 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
ISBN: 978-1-108-07263-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
John Milne (1850-1913) was a professor of mining and geology at the Imperial College of Engineering, Tokyo. While living in Japan, Milne became very interested in seismology, prompted by a strong seismic shock he experienced in Tokyo in 1880. Sixteen years later Milne and two colleagues completed work on the first seismograph capable of recording major earthquakes. This book, originally published in London in 1886, explains why earthquakes happen and what effects they have on land and in the oceans. As Milne points out, Japan provided him with 'the opportunity of recording an earthquake every week'. Starting with an introduction examining the relationship of seismology to the arts and sciences, the book includes chapters on seismometry, earthquake motion, the causes of earthquakes, and their relation to volcanic activity, providing a thorough account of the state of knowledge about these phenomena towards the end of the nineteenth century.
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Preface
1. Introduction
2. Seismometry
3. Earthquake motion discussed theoretically
4. Earthquake motion as deduced from experiment
5. Earthquake motion as deduced from observation on earthquakes
6. Effects produced by earthquakes upon buildings
7. Effects produced upon buildings continued
8. Effects of earthquakes on land
9. Disturbances in the ocean
10. Determination of earthquake origins
11. The depth of an earthquake centrum
12. Distribution of earthquakes in space and time
13. Distribution of earthquakes in time continued
14. Distribution of earthquakes in time continued
15. Barometrical fluctuations and earthquakes – fluctuations in temperature and earthquakes
16. Relation of seismic to volcanic phenomena
17. The cause of earthquakes
18. Prediction of earthquakes
19. Earth tremors
20. Earth pulsations
21. Earth oscillations
Appendix
Index.
