Earthquakes and Other Earth Movements

JohnMilne(1850–1913)wasaprofessorofminingandgeologyattheImperialCollegeofEngineering,Tokyo.WhilelivinginJapan,Milnebecameveryinterestedinseismology,promptedbyastrongseismicshockheexperiencedinTokyoin1880.SixteenyearslaterMilneandtwocolleaguescompletedworkonthefirstseismographcapableofrecordingmajorearthquakes.Thisbook,originallypublishedinLondonin1886,explainswhyearthquakeshappenandwhateffectstheyhaveonlandandintheoceans.AsMilnepointsout,Japanprovidedhimwith'theopportunityofrecordinganearthquakeeveryweek'.Startingwithanintroductionexaminingtherelationshipofseismologytotheartsandsciences,thebookincludeschaptersonseismometry,earthquakemotion,thecausesofearthquakes,andtheirrelationtovolcanicactivity,providingathoroughaccountofthestateofknowledgeaboutthesephenomenatowardstheendofthenineteenthcentury.