Volume 2

The philosophy of earthquakes, natural and religious, Or An inquiry into their cause, and their purpose. ... / By William Stukeley.

  • William Stukeley
Date:
1756
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Credit: The philosophy of earthquakes, natural and religious, Or An inquiry into their cause, and their purpose. ... / By William Stukeley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    weftern parts, in the more early time of the year. I received a letter from my friend Maurice fohnfon, Efq; the founder, and fecretary of the Literary Society of Spalding : which has now fubfifted thefe 40 years. He acquaints me, that on Thurfday> 23d of Auguft laft, an earth¬ quake was very fenfibly felt there, about feven o'clock in the morning; throughout the whole town and neighbourhood; and many miles round: but that it chiefly fpread itfelf north¬ ward, and fouthward. He fays, that for a fortnight before, the weather had been ferene, mild, and calm. And one evening, there was a deep red aurora aujlralis, covering the cope of heaven, very terrible to behold. This fame fhock was felt at Grantham, Stamford, and Milton by Peterborough ; and generally at all the intermediate places: and from Spalding it fled northward, along the fea fhore, to Bofion : thence up Bofon river, to Lincoln. .Since then, I had a letter from Mr. Aider- man Taylor of Stamford, giving an account of another earthquake, that happened there, Sep¬ tember 30, at 36 minutes after twelve o'clock at noon. He defcribes it thus. They werefud- denly furprifed with an uncommon noife in the air, like the rolling of large carriages in the ftreets, for about 20 feconds. At the fame in- ftant
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