Author: William T. Brigham
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Historical Notes on the Earthquakes of New England
Author: William T. Brigham
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Pages : 40
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New England Earthquakes
Author: John E. Ebel
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493031872
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
New England and nearby areas in the United States and Canada have a long and storied history of earthquakes that goes back to the times of the earliest exploration and settlement of the region by Europeans. This may come as a surprise to the many people living in the region today who have never felt a local earthquake. Nevertheless, not only is it true, but there is every reason to believe that earthquakes, including some damaging earthquakes, will strike New England in the future. In fact, in the 1960s Boston, Massachusetts was given the same seismic hazard rating as Los Angeles, California because both had experienced strong earthquakes in their historic pasts. Since then seismologists have learned much about the rates at which earthquakes occur throughout the country and about the effects of the earthquakes when they occur. Today, we know that the probability of damaging earthquake shaking in Boston is about twenty-five times less than in Los Angeles. Even so, the threat of earthquakes in Boston, throughout New England, and in adjacent regions is one that cannot be ignored. From the 1638 so-called “Pilgrim’s Earthquake” to anticipating what the future may hold, John E. Ebel introduces you to the surprising history of earthquakes in the northeast corridor.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493031872
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
New England and nearby areas in the United States and Canada have a long and storied history of earthquakes that goes back to the times of the earliest exploration and settlement of the region by Europeans. This may come as a surprise to the many people living in the region today who have never felt a local earthquake. Nevertheless, not only is it true, but there is every reason to believe that earthquakes, including some damaging earthquakes, will strike New England in the future. In fact, in the 1960s Boston, Massachusetts was given the same seismic hazard rating as Los Angeles, California because both had experienced strong earthquakes in their historic pasts. Since then seismologists have learned much about the rates at which earthquakes occur throughout the country and about the effects of the earthquakes when they occur. Today, we know that the probability of damaging earthquake shaking in Boston is about twenty-five times less than in Los Angeles. Even so, the threat of earthquakes in Boston, throughout New England, and in adjacent regions is one that cannot be ignored. From the 1638 so-called “Pilgrim’s Earthquake” to anticipating what the future may hold, John E. Ebel introduces you to the surprising history of earthquakes in the northeast corridor.
Our New England Earthquakes
Author: Gene Simmons
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 18
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 18
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Historic Storms of New England
Author: Sidney Perley
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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The Seismicity of New England and the Earthquake Hazard in Massachusetts
Author: Massachusetts. Civil Defense Agency. Seismic Risk Subcommittee
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Category : Earthquake prediction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Category : Earthquake prediction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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An Earthquake in New England During the Colonial Period (1755).
Author: Frederick Edward Brasch
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 17
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 17
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Observations and Conjectures on the Earthquakes of New England [1638-1783
Author: Samuel Williams
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Earthquake Record in New England
Author: Kirtley Fletcher Mather
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 11
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 11
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The New England Soul
Author: Harry S. Stout
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199927081
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 407
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"Both the sources he employs and the scope of his study set his work apart from all that have precede it...The first study of New England preaching to span the entire colonial period...very important book." - Journal of American History "Simply breathtaking in scope. No one else has dared to grapple with the full sweep of Puritan preaching form the founding of New England through the American Revolution." - Nathan O. Hatch, University of Notre Dame "A massive achievement will stand as the definitive work on this important subject." - Reviews in American History "Impressive, imaginative, sensible, and lucid." - Donald G. Matthews, University of North Carolina and Chapel Hill "[Stout] has created a field of scholarship hitherto neglected - the manuscript sermon as a source of religious culture in colonial times. More than that, he has shown the extent to which sermon notes add to our knowledge of the times, notably for the period of the Great Awakening. And he has done so with great insight." - New England Quarterly "So soundly based on exhaustive research and so lucid in presentation, that even its most surprising conclusions carry conviction. An impressive achievement." - Daniel Walker Howe, author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 "One of the most impressive studies of Puritan New England society to appear in this century....Throughout the work, Stout enriches, supplements and revises much of the current knowledge about colonial New England. His language, which is both precise and playful, makes the volume a delight to read." -The Historian "Will surely become a benchmark in the study of early American history and culture." -Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199927081
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
"Both the sources he employs and the scope of his study set his work apart from all that have precede it...The first study of New England preaching to span the entire colonial period...very important book." - Journal of American History "Simply breathtaking in scope. No one else has dared to grapple with the full sweep of Puritan preaching form the founding of New England through the American Revolution." - Nathan O. Hatch, University of Notre Dame "A massive achievement will stand as the definitive work on this important subject." - Reviews in American History "Impressive, imaginative, sensible, and lucid." - Donald G. Matthews, University of North Carolina and Chapel Hill "[Stout] has created a field of scholarship hitherto neglected - the manuscript sermon as a source of religious culture in colonial times. More than that, he has shown the extent to which sermon notes add to our knowledge of the times, notably for the period of the Great Awakening. And he has done so with great insight." - New England Quarterly "So soundly based on exhaustive research and so lucid in presentation, that even its most surprising conclusions carry conviction. An impressive achievement." - Daniel Walker Howe, author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 "One of the most impressive studies of Puritan New England society to appear in this century....Throughout the work, Stout enriches, supplements and revises much of the current knowledge about colonial New England. His language, which is both precise and playful, makes the volume a delight to read." -The Historian "Will surely become a benchmark in the study of early American history and culture." -Journal of the American Academy of Religion
An earthquake in New England during the colonial period, 1755 [a repr. of J. Winthrop's A lecture on earthquakes, ed. by F.E. Brasch].
Author: John Winthrop
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 17
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Publisher:
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 17
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