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The velocity is given in miles per minute; and by dividing the sumof 
the same by their number, it will be found that the movement of the — 
wave at that time averages a fraction over 6-2 miles per minute <i hee 
e results obtained from the above data approximate closel to the 
deductions of Prof. Bache on the wave which reached our shores Bei 
from the earthquake at Simoda on the 23d of December, 18. 
which will be found in a paper read by that gentleman at the m 
the American Association for the Advancement of Science, du 
early part of last year. 
rom the facts before us, there can be little doubt of the direction 
was slightly south of a west line—leads to the latter conclusion. 
is an important element in aiding us to form correct conclusions regard- 
ing their phenomena, and it is to be hoped that our friends in different — 
parts of the State, in reporting the same, will be precise in this particular — 
Of the incidents attending the shocks, many and varied reports have 
reached us; and it seems to have acted with greater violence in the vein 
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was noticed at the Tejon was at 6 hours 30 minutes, on the 9th. : 
Angeles they continued at long intervals through the day until 23 bo 
30 minutes of the same date. I have Jearned from persons who were — 
7 UaSt, fe 
13. Action of Light—Ninece pe Sr. Victor, distinguished in pe 
oes a body, which has been exposed to light, preserve any of the 
light, produces no effect. Pictures on all kinds of paper, wood, ivolys 
parchment, produce the same result. through in different degrees, but ® ie 
when on metals, An interposed plate of glass, mica, quartz crystal, ° 
yellow glass colored with oxyd of uranium, prevent the action, as they alse 
A coat of collodion 
_ do, as recently proved, the phosphorescent property. A 
