108 Dr. C. Davison— British Earthquakes, 1893-99. 



1896, Dec. 17, about 2 a.m. Hereford. 



3 a.m. Hereford. 

 3.30 a.m. Hereford. 



4 a.m. Hereford. 



5 a.m. Hereford. 

 5.20 a.m. Hereford. 



5.32 a.m. Hereford (principal earthquake). 

 „ about 5.40 or 5.45 a.m. Hereford. 

 „ „ 6.15 a.m. Hereford. 



1897, July 19, 3.49 a.m. Hereford. 



1898, Jan. 28, about 10.5 p.m. Eutland. 

 Mar. 29, about 10.25 p.m. Cornwall. 

 Apr. 1, 9.55 p.m. Cornwall. 



Apr. 2, about 3 p.m. Cornwall. 

 Aug. 22, about 7.15 a.m. Comrie. 



1899, Dec. 18, about 6.50 a.m. Glen Garry. 



The more important of these earthquakes have been described in 

 the following papers, etc. : — 



"On the Leicester Earthquake of August 4, 1893" : Roy. Soc. 

 Proc, vol. Ivii, 1895, pp. 87-95. 



" On the Pembroke Earthquakes of August, 1892, and November, 

 1893 " : Quart. Journ. GeoL Soc, vol. liii, 1897, pp. 157-175. 



"On the Exmoor Earthquake of January 23, 1894, and on its 

 Relation to the Northern Boundary Fault of the Morte Slates " : 

 Geol. Mag., Vol. Ill, 1896, pp. 553-556. 



" On the Comrie Earthquake of July 12, 1895, and on the Hade 

 of the Southern Boundary Fault of the Highlands " : Geol. Mag., 

 Tol. Ill, 1896, pp. 75-79. 



"The Hereford Earthquake of December 17, 1896." (Cornish 

 Brothers, Birmingham, 1899.)^ 



" On the Cornish Earthquakes of March 29tb to April 2nd, 1898 " : 

 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. Ivi, 1900, pp. 1-7. 



^ Since this report was written, several papers have been published on the Hereford 

 ■earthquake. The following is a complete list of those which I have seen : — 



W. Cole, "The English Earthquake of December 17th, 1896": Essex Nat., 

 vol. ix, 1896, pp. 258-259. (Records from Essex.) 



H. G. Fordham, "The Earthquake of the 17th December, 1896, as it affected 

 the County of Hertford": Herts. Nat. Hist. Soc. Trans., vol. ix, 1897, 

 pp. 183-208. (Records from Hertfordshire and adjoining counties.) 



E. Greenly, "The Hereford Earthquake of December 17, 1896, considered in 

 relation to Geological Structure in the Bangor- Anglesey Region" : Edin. Geol. 

 Soc. Trans., vol. vii, 1898, pp. 469-476. 



J. Lomas, "The Earthquake of December 17th, 1896": Liverpool Geol. Soc. 

 Proc, 1896-1897, pp. 91-98. (Records from the neighbourhood of Liverpool 

 -chiefly.) 



H. C. Moore, R. Clarke, & A. Watkins, "The Earthquake of December 17th, 

 1896 " : Woolhope Field Club Trans , 1898 (?), pp. 1-8. (A detaUed account of 

 the damage to buildings in Herefordshire.) 



G. J. Symons, "The Earthquake of December 17th, 1896": Meteor. Mag., 

 vol. xxxi, 1896, pp. 177-185. (An analj'sis chiefly of newspaper reports.) 



Rev. H. H. Winwood, " Notes and Observations on the Earthquake of December 

 the 17th, 1896," contributed by members of the Cotswold Club: Cotswold Nat. 

 Field Club Proc, vol. xii, 1896-1897, pp. 187-196. (Records from Gloucestershire.) 



