Download or read book The Hereford Earthquake of December 17, 1896 (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Davison and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Hereford Earthquake of December 17, 1896 In the introductory chapter I have endeavoured to express my obligations to the numerous ladies and gentlemen who by their courtesy have rendered possible the investigation of an important earthquake, and by many a kindly gleam of sympathy have lightened a heavy labour. A work like the present appeals to but few scientific men, and to a still smaller proportion of general readers, and my best thanks are therefore due to the Council of the Royal Society for a generous gift from their Publication Fund, without which the book could not have been printed. To a Committee of the same Society I am also indebted for a grant from the Government Research Fund, from which the expenses of investigating the earthquake were defrayed. It is difficult for me to express adequately my thanks to Professor Lapworth without appearing to use the language of exaggeration. Every geologist will recognise his touch in the final chapter; but I feel also that whatever of pleasure there is in the pursuit of my life, and whatever of value there may be in the fruits of it are largely owing to the bracing influence of his friendship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.