 | John Frederick William Herschel, Robert Main - 1859 - 496 Seiten
...every reason to consider it established, that an earthquake is simply " the transit of a wave or seaves of elastic compression in any direction, from vertically...upon circumstances of position as to sea and land." Until this was clearly grasped, the observation of earthquake phenomena, in the absence of a " guiding... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1860 - 460 Seiten
...elastic compression in any direction, from vertically upwards to horizontally in any azimuth, through ike crust and surface of the earth, from any centre of...upon circumstances of position as to sea and land." Until this was clearly grasped the observation of earthquake phenomena, in the absence of a "guiding... | |
 | William Henry Rosser - 1862 - 322 Seiten
...earth, from any centre of impulse, or from more than one, and which may be attended with tidal and sound waves, dependent upon the impulse and upon circumstances of position as to sea and land. " The centre of impulse, or origin of earthquakes, is generally conceived to be a sudden volcanic outburst,... | |
 | 1864 - 848 Seiten
...compression in any direction, from vertically upwards to horizontatty in any azimuth, through the substance and surface of the Earth, from any centre of impulse,...upon circumstances of position as to sea and land. To understand the definition we must have a clear notion of what a wave is. We will return to that... | |
 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1864 - 876 Seiten
...any centre of impulse, or from more than one ; and which may be attended with sound and tidal leaves, dependent upon the impulse, and upon circumstances of position as to sea and land. To understand the definition we must have a clear notion of what a wave is. We will return to that... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel, Robert Main - 1871 - 420 Seiten
...inertia), thrown down, &c. There is every reason to consider it established, that an earthquake is simply " the transit of a wave or waves of elastic compression...upon circumstances of position as to sea and land." Until this was clearly grasped, the observation of earthquake phenomena, in the absence of a "guiding... | |
 | Great Britain. Admiralty - 1871 - 424 Seiten
...crust and surface of the earth, from any centre of impulse or from more than one, and which may lie attended with sound and tidal waves, dependent upon...upon circumstances of position as to sea and land." Until this was clearly grasped, the observation of earthquake phenomena, in the absence of a "guiding... | |
 | Joseph Beete Jukes - 1872 - 830 Seiten
...of impulse, or more than cue, and which may be attended with sound-waves and sea-waves, depending on the impulse, and upon circumstances of position as to sea and land." He gives the following as the conclusions to which his careful researches had led him. 1. The " earth-... | |
 | Luigi Palmieri - 1873 - 298 Seiten
...impulse given at a single centre. The definition given by me in that Paper is that an earthquake is " The transit of a wave or waves of elastic compression...upon circumstances of position as to sea and land." Thus, for example, if the impulse (whatever may be its cause) be delivered somewhere beneath the bed... | |
 | 1873 - 636 Seiten
...The transit of a wave or waves of elastic compression in any direction, from vertically upwards or horizontally, in any azimuth, through the crust and...upon circumstances of position as to sea and land." The whole paper should, however, be carefully studied by those who wish to form a just opinion of the... | |
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There is every reason to consider it established, that an earthquake is simply " the transit of a wave or waves of elastic compression in any direction, from vertically upwards to horizontally in any azimuth, through the crust and surface of the earth,... 
