Some considerations on the causes of earthquakes. Which were read before the Royal Society, April 5, 1750 / By Stephen Hales.

  • Hales, Stephen, 1677-1761.
Date:
1750
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Credit: Some considerations on the causes of earthquakes. Which were read before the Royal Society, April 5, 1750 / By Stephen Hales. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a juft Judgment, become the Curfe and the Puniftiment of the World, even the greateft that ever befel Mankind. Notwithftand- ing which this inchanting Syren fo be¬ witches and infatuates the Nations, that it fpreads its baleful Influence far and wide, making yearly farther and farther Devalua¬ tions, both of the Lives and Morals of Mankind, and even debafing the Breed of Man. As to the Affair of Earthquakes, particu¬ larly that which happened at London, March 8, 1749-50. about 20 Minutes before Six in the Morning, I being then awake in Bed on a ground Floor, near St. Martins in the Fields Church in London, very fenfibly felt the Bed heave, and confequently the Earth mu ft heave too ; there was an obfcure ruffl¬ ing Noife in the Houfe, which ended in a loud Explofion up in the Air like that of a fmall Cannon. The whole Duration from the Beginning of the Earthquake to the End was 3 or 4 Seconds of Time. The Soldiers who were upon Duty in St James's Park, B and