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Torella at, ii. 106; reflected waves and earthquake echo at, ii. 107; heavy wall outside the town of, far out of plumb ii. 107; wave velocity at, ii. 108; wave amplitude at, ii. 110; the syndico'a watch at, ii. 110; movement of shock at, ii. 111. Barragiano, view of, ii. 51. Basilicata, the earthquake of, Dec. 16, 1857 (Appendix), account of, ii. 176—196. Bella, situation of, ii. 123; injuries not severe at, ii, 123; great earth fissures three miles from, ii. 130. Bella and Muro, effects of the chasm on, ii. 128; immunity of, ii. 129. Bench-marks, letter on establishment of, as to level of the land, submitted to (late) Neapolitan Government, ii. 148; proposal to fix (Appendix No. 4), ii.231. Brickwork, flexibility of, i. 91. Brienza, view of, in the distance, ii. 34; severe injuries at, ii. 34. Buildings, observations on square, long, rectangular, i. 49; conditions as to form and structure in, which modify the effects of shocks, i. 81; of various forms considered, i. 85; effects due to flexibility and elasticity of the materials in, i. 91; unsymmetric, involve unsymmetrical phenomena of dissolution, i. 98; effect of shock upon, the fourth modifying condition, i. 102, 110; hollow square, i. 129; hollow round, i. 130; various forms of, i. 143, 145. Buonarotti, grand elliptic staircase at the Cistercian Monastery of St. Lorenzo, Padula, designed by, still uninjured, i. 374. Buttresses, effects of shock on, i. 88. Calabrita, few symptoms of injury at, ii. 140. Calore, subterranean deposits of the, i. 281; gorge of the, i. 285; caterata of the, i. 300, 301; fissures at the, i. 327. Camine, or chimney-hood, at the Palazzo Palmieri, important deductions from, i. 307—311.
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Campanelli, Canonico Il Padre, testimony of, regarding shock at Biooero, ii. 93.
Campaniles, effects of shock on, i. 87.
Campostrina, great fall of rock at, damming up the river course, i. 285; in-fallen roof of great duct at, i. 286; road fissures near, i. 288.
Capri, island of, shock scarcely perceived at, i. 229; escape of, and cause, ii. 285.
Capua, shock felt, but no mischief done at, ii. 150.
Caputo, Taberna of, cutting a way through snow near, ii. 121; elevation of, ii. 122.
Cardinal building, what so called, i. 35.
Cardinal buildings and normal shock, i. 38, 39.
Carlotta, earth fissures of, proved to be landslips, ii. 131; compared with phenomena of 1783, ii. 132.
Carpineto, Monte, i. 253.
Caruso, Monte, intense cold on, ii. 84.
Carusso, Villa, at Auletta, i. 268; arched gateway of, heavily fissured, i. 270.
Casa Communale at Pertosa, wave-path and emergence from, i. 279.
Castelluccio, site and exterior of, irregular and narrow streets of, i. 29; medieval character of, i. 250; cause of its immunity from injury, i. 262.
Cataldo, remarkable debouchure of, ii.133.
Certosa, the, de St. Lorenzo, magnificent monastery, near Padula, graceful hospitality at, i. 369; ruin of described, i. 370; monument to St. Bruno at, i. 370; specialities observed at, i. 376; the church at, i. 372; the refectory at, i. 372; the great squares and garden of, i. 373; few of the walls or roofs of, actually prostrate, but everywhere fissured, dislocated, and tottering, i. 373; grand elliptic staircase of, only part uninjured, i. 374; first deductions from facts, double shocks at i. 375; the chimney at, i. 380; mechanics of the tilting and twisting of objects at,
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