. Guide leaflet. ^f^ ^-*i? S. S. Majestic, Outward Bound, Hudson River, New York City f, EARTHQUAKES By CHESTER THE LIBRARY BUILDING, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA, AS IT APPEAREDAFTER THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 18, 1906 Reprinted from Natural History Magazine, December, ig^4 GUIDE LEAFLET SERIES. No. 85I THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY NEW YORK, 1934 I Earthquakes An account of the sharp movements of the earth that often bring tragedy to the inhabitants of certain regions, together with an explanation of the instru- ments that record these movements by Chester A.
. Guide leaflet. ^f^ ^-*i? S. S. Majestic, Outward Bound, Hudson River, New York City f, EARTHQUAKES By CHESTER THE LIBRARY BUILDING, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA, AS IT APPEAREDAFTER THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 18, 1906 Reprinted from Natural History Magazine, December, ig^4 GUIDE LEAFLET SERIES. No. 85I THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY NEW YORK, 1934 I Earthquakes An account of the sharp movements of the earth that often bring tragedy to the inhabitants of certain regions, together with an explanation of the instru- ments that record these movements by Chester A. Reeds Curator of Geology and Invertebrate Palaeontology, American Museum THE needles on the seismograph in theAmerican Museum may suddenly,without a moments notice, begin totrace on moving sheets of paper a threefoldscries of wavy lines, which represent vibra-tions that have passed through the earth—somewhere there has been an earthquakeand the seismograph is making a graphicrecord of it. If the shock is sufficientlystrong, other seismographs in various partsof the world will inscribe a record of thesame quake at
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