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6. — Intensity of shock : Was it strong enough (a) To make windows, 

 doors, fire-irons, &c., rattle ; (b) To cause the chair or bed 

 on which the observer was resting to be perceptibly raised 

 or moved ; (c) To make chandeliers, pictures, &c., swing, 

 or to stop clocks ; (d) To overthrow ornaments, vases, &c., 

 or cause plaster to fall from the ceiling ; (e) To throw down 

 chimneys, or make cracks in the walls of buildings? 



7. — Sound phenomena : (a) Was any unusual rumbling sound 

 heard at the time of the shock, and, if so, what did it 

 resemble ? (b) Did the beginning of the sound precede, 

 coincide with, or follow, the beginning of the shock, and by 

 how many seconds ? (c) Did the end of the sound precede, 

 coincide with, or follow, the end of the shock, and by how 

 many seconds? (d) Did the sound become gradually louder 

 and then die away? (e) Did the instant when the sound was 

 loudest precede, coincide with, or follow, the instant when 

 the vibrations were strongest, and by how many seconds ? 

 (f) Did the sound change in character at or about the time 

 when the vibrations were strongest ? 



8. — If any slight shocks were felt before or after the principal shock, 

 a list of them with their times of occurrence would be most 

 useful, together with answers for each shock to any of the 

 above questions, especially to Nos. 4, 6, and 7, the notes 

 relating to each shock being kept separate. 



The following thirteen members (a rather small pro- 

 portion out of a total of about a hundred) responded to 

 the appeal : — 



Mr M. W. Colchester-Wemyss (President) 



(Westbury-on-Severn) 

 Sir Brook Kay (Cheltenham) 

 Rev. E. Cornford (Secretary) (Cheltenham) 

 Sir J. E. Dorington (Stroud) 

 Mr A. S. Helps (Birdlip) 

 Mr W. Leigh (Woodchester) 

 Mr G. E. Lloyd Baker (Hardwicke) 



