Some considerations on the causes of earthquakes
Subtitle: Which were read before the Royal Society, April 5, 1750
By: By Stephen Hales, D.D, F.R.S.
Contributors: Royal Society (Great Britain); Manby, Richard, -1769, publisher; Cox, Henry Shute, publisher
Edition: The second edition, corrected.
Publisher: Printed for R. Manby and H.S. Cox, on Ludgate-Hill
Published: 1750
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Earthquakes
Description: Attempts to show that earthquakes are the result of effervescences and concussions at the surface of the earth as sulphurous fumes rising from pyrites in the earth on a hot day combine with pure air and suddenly reduce its elasticity.--Allan & Schofield, Stephen Hales.
Notes: Attempts to show that earthquakes are the result of effervescences and concussions at the surface of the earth as sulphurous fumes rising from pyrites in the earth on a hot day combine with pure air and suddenly reduce its elasticity. --Allan & Schofield, Stephen Hales.

English short title catalogue (ESTC), t113606