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ternal fluidity of the earth. Much may be done in the solution of this inquiry 

 by careful observations upon the tides, from the 5th to the 15th of August, 

 from the 5th to the 15th of February, yearly; and from the 10th to the 15th 

 November, of those years in which the November meteors appear. The 

 waters, it is plain, should first, and most palpably, exhibit the effects of the 

 presumed local attraction. 



Table IV. 



Tabular View of Earthquakes, coincident rvith Dates of Meteoric Shorvers. 



August. 



February. 



November. 



Year. 



Localities. 



August. 



February. 



November. 



Year. 



Localities. 



10 



uncer. 



9 



1408 



1510 



iEtna. 

 Calabria. 



4 



5 to 15 





1767 



5 Zante. 



\ Constantinople. 





4 





1610 



iEtna. 





6 





1766 



New England. 





4 





1669 



'( 





17 





1768 



Vienna and Presburg. 



12 







1682 



Vesuvius. 



7 to 20 







1770 



Isle of Santorini. 







uncer. 



1704 



Alps. 



11 







1772 



Batavia. 



14 



10 





1708 



Manosque and Santoni. 



3 







1779 



Vesuvius. 





18 





1712 



Vesuvius. 





4 





1797 



Riobamba, S. A. 





2 





1703 



Rome. 





uncer. 



12 



1799 



.^tna— Charleston. 





uncer. 





1750 



Philippoli, Romania. 



12 



6 



22 



1804 



Vesuvius, Paris. 





5 





1751 



Naples. 





16 





1810 



Malta. 





18 





1756 



Amsterdam. 





13 





1822 



Vesuvius. 





3 





1757 



Sumatra. 



9 







1840 



New England. 



