This book is a comprehensive study of great earthquakes, their history, phenomena, and causes, with especial reference to American earthquakes, including the recent earthquake at Charleston. The...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the...
The first indication of the prolonged terror that followed the 1906 earthquake occurred when a ship steaming off San Francisco's Golden Gate "seemed to jump clear out of the water." This gripping...
This fascinating account of the Great Neapolitan Earthquake of 1857 is a pioneering work of observational seismology. Written by Robert Mallet, a leading scientist of his day, this book provides a...