| GREAT HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE |
WIND, ETHER, VAPOUR |
VOLCANISM PLUTONISM |
NEPTUNISM |
CHEM. THEORIES |
ELECTRICITY |
GRAVITY ISOSTASY |
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Thales of Milet
(600 B.C.) |
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Anaxagoras
(500-424 B.C.) |
Antiphon
(5th Cent. B.C.) |
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HELICE & BURA
373 B.C. |
Aristotle
(384-322 B.C.) |
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Democritus
(460-371 B.C.) |
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Straton of Lampsakos
(280 B.C.) |
Straton of Lampsakos
(280 B.C.) |
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Seneca
(4-65) |
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| POMPEJI & HERCULANUM 63-79 |
Plinius (23-79) |
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Albertus Magnus
(1193-1280)
Thomas Aquino
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| VILLACH/AUSTRIA 1348 |
Konrad von Megenberg (1349) |
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| SEAQUAKE NEAR RHODOS 1489 |
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Leonardo
(1452-1519) |
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Leonardo
(1452-1519) |
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Agricola (1494-1555) |
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Giordano Bruno (1558-1600) |
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J. Kepler (1619) |
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A. Kircher (1655)
Descartes (1664)
Steno (1669) |
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Th. Burnet (1681)
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M. Lyster (1683) |
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G. Leibniz (1693)
W. Whiston (1696) |
J. Ray (1692)
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ITALY (Rom) 1703
SANTORINI 1707 |
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R. Hooke (1705) |
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J. Scheuchzer (1709) |
Lemery (1700/1748)
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G. Baglivi (1731) |
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J. Woodward (1733) |
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Lazaro Moro (1740) |
A. Pluche (1738) |
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LONDON
February 8, 1749
March 8, 1749
Sept. 30, 1750 |
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G.L.L. Buffon (1741/1778) |
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W. Stukeley (1749)
B. St. Lazare (1749)
A. Bina (1751) |
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LISBOA
Nov. 1, 1755
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I. Kant (1756)
J. F. Jacobi (1756) |
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B. De Maillet (1755)
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I. Kant (1756)
J. G. Krüger (1756) |
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T. Mayer (1756) |
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G. B. Beccaria (1758) |
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MEXICO (Yorullo)
Sept. 29, 1759 |
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J. Michell (1760) |
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J. Priestley (1771) |
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P.S. Pallas (1778) |
Buffon (1778)
J.A. De Luc (1779)
J.E. Silberschlag (1780) |
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CALABRIA
Febr. 5, 1783 |
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J.E. Silberschlag (1783) |
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Vivenzio (1783) |
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J.G. Werner (1787) |
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B. Franklin (1793) |
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B. Franklin (1793) |
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QUITO (Riobamba)
Febr. 4, 1797 |
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CUMANA
Dez. 14, 1797
Nov. 4, 1799 |
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R. Jameson (1808) |
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CARACCAS
March 26, 1812 |
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INDIA (Cutch)
June 16, 1812 |
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L v. Buch (1825) |
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H. Davy (1829) |
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Ch. Lyell (1834) |
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CHILE (Concepcion)
Febr. 20, 1835 |
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J.B. Boussingault (1835) |
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G. Bischof (1837) |
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Ch. Darwin (1840)
R. Maillet (1840/62) |
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A.v. Humboldt (1845) |
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RHENISH EARTHQUAKE
July 29, 1846 |
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J.Th. Nöggerath (1847) |
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F. Arago (1854) |
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WALLIS (Switzerland)
1855 |
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G.B. Airy (1855) |
NAPLES
Dec. 16, 1857 |
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R. Mallet (1862) |
G.H.O. Volger (1857) |
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J.H. Pratt (1860/72) |
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A. Perrey (1863)
R. Falb (1869/95) |
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CENTRAL GERMAN
EARTHQUAKE
March 6, 1872 |
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K.v. Seebach (1873) |
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AGRAM
November 9, 1880 |
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F. Marenzi (1875) |
B. Mohr (1875) |
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G. Pilar (1881) |
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C.E. Dutton (1892) |
| Graphical
General Overview |