The history and philosophy of earthquakes from the remotest to the present times: collected from the best writers on the subject. With a particular account of the phaenomena of the great one of November 1st 1755, in various parts of the globe / By a Member of the Royal Academy of Berlin [i.e. John Bevis].

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The history and philosophy of earthquakes from the remotest to the present times: collected from the best writers on the subject. With a particular account of the phaenomena of the great one of November 1st 1755, in various parts of the globe / By a Member of the Royal Academy of Berlin [i.e. John Bevis]. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : J. Nourse, 1757.

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2 unnumbered leaves, 351 pages ; (8vo)

Contents

A methodical account of earthquakes, by J. C. Sturmius.--Of the nature of earthquakes, by M. Lister.--Discourses concerning earthquakes, by R. Hooke.--Earthquakes caused by some accidental obstruction of a continual subterranean heat, by J. Woodward.--A physicochymical explanation of subterraneous fires, earthquakes, etc. by M. Lemery.--Of the volcanos and earthquakes in Peru, by M. Bouguer.--The natural history of volcanos and earthquakes by M. Buffon.--A summary of the causes of the alterations which have happened to the face of the earth, by Mr. J. Ray.--Some considerations on the causes of earthquakes, by the Rev. S. Hales.--The philosophy of earthquakes, by the Rev. W. Stukeley.--Phaenomena of the great earthquake of November 1, 1755, in various parts of the globe.

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