﻿CONTENTS. 
  

  

  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Great 
  Earthquake 
  of 
  12TH 
  June 
  1897, 
  by 
  

   R. 
  D. 
  Oldham, 
  A.B.S.M., 
  F.G.S., 
  Superintendent 
  ) 
  Geological 
  

   Survey 
  of 
  India. 
  

  

  Preface. 
  On 
  some 
  general 
  principles 
  of 
  Seismology 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  

  

  Chapter 
  I.— 
  Introductory 
  

  

  Chapter 
  II. 
  — 
  Narrative 
  accounts 
  of 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  shock 
  

  

  Chapter 
  III. 
  — 
  The 
  isoseismic 
  lines 
  and 
  area 
  over 
  which 
  the 
  shock 
  was 
  felt 
  

  

  Chapter 
  IV. 
  — 
  The 
  rate 
  of 
  propagation, 
  and 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  commencement 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  shock 
  ...... 
  

  

  Chapter 
  V. 
  — 
  The 
  rate 
  and 
  range 
  of 
  motion 
  of 
  the 
  wave 
  particle 
  

   Chapter 
  VI. 
  — 
  Earth 
  fissures, 
  sand 
  vents 
  and 
  allied 
  phenomena 
  

  

  Chapter 
  VII. 
  -The 
  landslips 
  

  

  Chapter 
  VIII.— 
  The 
  aftershocks 
  

  

  Chapter 
  IX. 
  — 
  Results 
  of 
  an 
  exploration 
  of 
  the 
  epicentral 
  tract 
  . 
  

   Chapter 
  X. 
  — 
  The 
  position 
  and 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  seismic 
  focus 
  

   Chapter 
  XI. 
  — 
  The 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  Bombay 
  Magnetic 
  Observatory 
  

  

  Chapter 
  XII.— 
  Electric 
  effects 
  

  

  Chapter 
  XIII. 
  — 
  The 
  earthquake 
  sounds, 
  with 
  some 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  Barisal 
  

  

  guns 
  

  

  Chapter 
  XIV.— 
  The 
  rotation 
  of 
  pillars 
  and 
  monuments 
  . 
  

   Chapter 
  XV. 
  — 
  The 
  unfelt 
  earthquake 
  « 
  

  

  Appendix 
  A. 
  — 
  Reports 
  by 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  India 
  des 
  

   patched 
  to 
  investigate 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  

  

  (1) 
  Report 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  D. 
  LaTouche 
  . 
  

  

  (2) 
  Report 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Hayden 
  

  

  (3) 
  Report 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  E. 
  Grimes 
  

  

  (4) 
  Report 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  Vredenburg 
  

  

  (5) 
  Report 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  N. 
  Bose 
  . 
  

  

  (6) 
  Further 
  details 
  from 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  D. 
  Oldham 
  

   Appendix 
  B. 
  — 
  Details 
  of 
  fissures, 
  sand 
  vents 
  and 
  allied 
  phenomena 
  

   Appendix 
  C— 
  Details 
  of 
  observations 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  de 
  

  

  termining 
  the 
  velocity. 
  of 
  movement 
  and 
  acceleration 
  of 
  

   the 
  wave-particle, 
  with 
  a 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  formulae 
  em- 
  

   ployed 
  and 
  the 
  results 
  obtained 
  . 
  

   Appendix 
  D. 
  — 
  Details 
  of 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  overthrow 
  and 
  projection 
  of 
  free 
  

   falling 
  objects, 
  with 
  a 
  consideration 
  of 
  the 
  applicability 
  

   of 
  this 
  form 
  of 
  evidence 
  to 
  the 
  determination 
  of 
  the 
  

   position 
  of 
  the 
  epicentre 
  ...... 
  

  

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