Mr Milne on Earthquake- Shocks felt in Great Britain, 97 



1747. 

 July 1. Taunton, 10 or 11 p.m. Extended from sea to sea, t. e, from 

 S. Channel to Severn ; felt in every parish along this line, — 

 distance of 40 miles ; its breadth not much less, as it was felt 

 also at Exeter and Crookham. Direction of shocks, from 

 SE. to NW. Flashes of lightning at tune of earthquake. — 

 (Trans. R. S. L.) 

 1749. 

 Feb. 14. Leadhills in Scotland. 



1750. 

 Feb. 8. London and Westminster at 12^ p.m. At Plymouth 1 p.m. 

 Not felt at Harwich or Colchester. 

 Person felt desk rise first under one arm, and next under other. 

 The '^ air very hazy and warm at the time." Motion of 

 ground from W. to E. 

 In London, eight several chimneys were thrown down and walls 

 rent. At Kingsbridge a second shock was felt half an hour 

 after the first. A shepherd at Kensington, heard the noise 

 rush past him, and instantly he saw the ground, a dry and 

 solid spot, wave under him like the face of the river ; the tall 

 trees of the avenue where he was, nodded their tops very sen- 

 sibly, and quivered. — (L. R. S. Tr. v. xlvi. ; Gent. Mag. v. 

 xxiii.) 

 9. Deptford, Greenwich, Gravesend, Paynesbridge (two shocks), 

 betwixt Rumney and Brentford, Coopersdale, near Epping^ 

 Woodford, Walthamstone, Hertford, Highgate, Finchley 

 (not at Barnet) : weakly felt at Richmond in Surrey. Motion 

 from E. to W. 

 Not felt at Deal or Canterbury. 



Felt at Eltham in Kent, at Chelsea (at 12^^ 40' p.m.), Fulham. 

 Seemed to terminate in west, 2 miles beyond Chelsea. Not 

 at Hounslow, Brentford, or Richmond, nor farther west than 

 Richmond. 



State of Thermom. and Barom. in London. 



Thermom. Barom. 



At 2 p.m. on 6th February, 48*.0 Fahr. 29.14 inches. 



7th, 48'^ 29.90 ... 



8th, 64° 29.83 ... 



9th, 65°* 29.97 ... 



22d, 63 



Extraordinary winter for warmth and dryness, thunder and 

 lightning : — wind generally S. and S W. for some months pre- 

 viously. The warmth on some days (especially on the 13th 

 inst.) was greater than in the previous June. — (L. R. S. Tr. 

 V. xlvi.) 

 Mar. 8. At 6^ a.m. Highgate, London, Hampstead (violent on river), 

 . Tooting, Merton, Miteham, Strcatham, Epsom, Croydon, 



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