70 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. 



299. Williams, S. 



Observations and conjectures on th<; earthquakes of 

 New England. 



Am. Acad. Arts Sci., Mem., i, 260-311, 1785. 



The paper is divided into two parts: i. An historical account of 

 earthquakes of 1638, 1658, 1663, 1725, 1755, and of several minor 

 shocks; 2. Causes of earthquakes. 



300. Winchell, N. H. 



Comparative strength of Minnesota and New England 

 granites. 



Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci., Proc, xxxii, 249, 250, 1884. 



Abstract of article showing by a series of comparative tests that 

 the Minnesota granites are stronger than those of New England. The 

 Connecticut granites tested came from Mystic river, Stony Creek, 

 Millstone point, Greenwich, New London. 



301. Woodworth, J. B. 



Some typical eskers of southern Ne\y England. 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Proc, xxvi, 197-220, 1894. 



The typical eskers of southern New England are most easily explained 

 by assuming a subglacial origin, but certain ones demand a channel 

 open to the sky; esker at Compounce Pond described; others in Con- 

 necticut mentioned. 



302. Author unknown. 



[Review of] " Outline of the geology of England and 

 WalCjS, with an introductory compendium of the general 

 principles of the science and comparative views of the 

 structures of foreign countries. By Rev. W. B. Cony- 

 beare and William Phillips. Pt. I, 470 pp., London, 1822." 

 Am. Jour. Sci., (i) vii, 203-240, 1824. 



Comparison of the red sandstone of Connecticut with the marl and 

 Old Red sandstone of England. 



303. Author unknown. 



What constitutes the Taconic range of mountains? 

 Am. GeoL, vi, 247, i pi., 1890. 



Quotations from Dr. Asa Fitch, Prof. J. D. Dana, and Mr. C. D. 

 Walcott, in order to verify the claims of Dr. Emmons as to what con- 

 stitutes the Taconic range of mountains. 



