The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-14
EARTHQUAKE AN CINCINNATI.
Professor Ray has the following notice of the
earthquake which was recently felt at Cincinnati
Woopw,RD COLLEGE, }
January 9th, lS43.

January 9th, lS43.
| MI. Editor Last evening, January 4th, I843 at
about minutes past o'clock, there was expert
enced in this city the 'hock of earthquake the
| time oil the commencement was particularly noted
the writer had Just entered the usual meteoroIiui-
cal observations for the evenin', and was counting
the beats of box chronometer, to get the exact f.
ference OF time between that and half second clock
having nercurial pendulum, with a view of ascer-
tain,ng by series Of observations whether the rate
| OF the chronomeler was the same during every part
| OF the first twenty-iour house after winding II up
! While engaged with the cnronometer the window 5
OF the rom began to trembe violently, and contnt-
| ed In this condition for little more than two min
utes The sky at that time clear except near
the horizon wnere there dense haze this haze
the thi kest in the south west from which drec-
! ton the wind had blown during the day The Baro
meter stood at % 81 in, the at ached thermometer
being at AZ while the thermometer in the open air
stood at 81 The present morning, that IS following
the earthquake, the thermometer stool at 81 having
fallen much less during the night than is usual when
the sky clear and the earth radiaes calorio freely.
! AT the time of the shock the air was perfectly
calm; so much SO, as not to disturb the fame of a
lamp that ! held IN the open air while the oschla.
! tons were taking place
| Among the effects noticed by persons with whom
| have conyersed were the fol owing at the resi-
dence Of my friend DR. Gano, on the Of Fran
/ lin and Broadway, the shaking stopped mantel
clock, threw parrot from her roost and alarmed
some German domesiios that they thought the wo Id
1 was really about 10 end.
! In some persons have stated that before the
shock was experienced, they felt peculiar sensa-
ton very much resembling sea-sickneSs a respecta-
BILE lady in my neighborhood certain that she heard
rumbling sound few minutes pr, ceding the shock.
Young lady residing on Franklin street playing
at the piano, when the trembling was such as TO
disturb the instrument sensbly, and to shake open
one of the folding doors which Is fastened by aspiring
| latch
| At four story house near the upper end of Vine
street of which the walls were thin and put up so
late last fall that they not of a substantial char
acter, some taors were at work IN the upper room,
and the shaking violent that the men left it in
i a hurry, supposiDg that the building was about TO
tumble down. Notwithstanding the severity Of the
shock some persons did not notice it SO far, how
ever, as have heard Il was felt in every part of he
city, and on Noun, Auburn, north Of it,
From the observations that made and collected,
/ am well satisfied that the oscatory motion took
place IN direction from the West towards the East
/ or from the Southwest towards the Northeast
As IL is highly probable that the shock experienced
here has been felt at the other places in the South and
West,-for the purpose Of determining whether il
occurred at different places at the same absolute In
slant OF time or whether its motion progressive,
| II may be observed, that the commencement of the
shock took place at min. past Q mean time at Gin
cinDat supposing the shock to have taken place at
the same absolute instant OF time, and have been
felt at ST. Louis, Natchez and New Orleans II would
have occurred at ST. Louis at Sh 42m. and 36s.; at
| Natchez at sh. 3Sm. 9s and at New Orleans at Oh.
i3m 2ls These times are given respecting the mean
time OF those places.
! In determining these times have used the longi-
tudes given IN the United States and American Al
manacs, they differ, however, but few seconds
from those obtained by using the longtudes OF the
same places contained in the "Connaisanees Des
Tens" for lsi3
II II should be found that the shock was felt at the
above places at the times there stated, we would be
disposed to infer that il caused by upheaving
motion whose origin was nearly equally distant from
these places II, on the other hand, will most
probably be found to be the case The shock was felt
at those places than here may be inferred
that The origin Of the motion west OF MS and that
! il was progressive.
Very respectfully,
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