Earthquakes and Other Earth Movements (Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science) - Softcover

Milne, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108072631 ISBN 13: 9781108072632

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

John Milne (1850-1913) was a professor of mining and geology at the Imperial College of Engineering, Tokyo. While living in Japan, Milne became very interested in seismology, prompted by a strong seismic shock he experienced in Tokyo in 1880. Sixteen years later Milne and two colleagues completed work on the first seismograph capable of recording major earthquakes. This book, originally published in London in 1886, explains why earthquakes happen and what effects they have on land and in the oceans. As Milne points out, Japan provided him with 'the opportunity of recording an earthquake every week'. Starting with an introduction examining the relationship of seismology to the arts and sciences, the book includes chapters on seismometry, earthquake motion, the causes of earthquakes, and their relation to volcanic activity, providing a thorough account of the state of knowledge about these phenomena towards the end of the nineteenth century.

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Book Description:

The geologist John Milne (1850-1913) became interested in earthquakes while teaching in Japan, and became part of a team that built the first seismograph capable of recording major earthquakes. This 1886 publication is a thorough analysis of earthquakes and seismic phenomena, their causes and effects, as then understood.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1108072631
• ISBN 13: 9781108072632
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 388