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Royal Society, the author receives authority of the, to proceed to Naples for the purpose of making scientific investigations connected with the earthquake, December 16, 1867, i. 1.
Ruined cities, first sight of, i. 36; apparent confusion of, only superficial, i. 36; first aspect of, i. 96. Salaris, sediments of the river, near Pæstum, i. 236.
Salerno, shock at, not sufficient to throw down furniture, i. 232; abundance of large measurable fissures at, i. 232; the Intendenzia and cathedral at, i. 233; the tribunale at, i. 234. Salvitello, magnetic declinations near, ii. 34; indications of steep emergence of wave at, ii. 35.
Santa Dominica, Montemurro, remarkable example of form of fracture seen at, i. 89.
Saponara, position of, i. 418; remains of the Castello Cilliberti at, i. 418; awful character of desolation at, i. 419; utter destruction of, due to the movement of its hill-site, i. 420; velocity of shock calculated, and of the oscillation of the hill, i. 423; destruction too absolute to render it conceivable that it will be rebuilt, i. 424; objects that may hereafter be exhumed from beneath its ruins in relation to geology, i. 425; velocity of tlie shock in the adjacent plain calculated, i. 427.
Saraceno, Castel, shock felt at, from north-west to south-east, or 135° E. of north, i. 429.
Sarconi, situation of, i. 413; ancient church at, i. 415; church bell, i. 415; wave amplitude at, i. 415; little to be learned at, i. 417.
Sassano, little injury from the earthquake at, i. 398.
Satriano, II Torre di, view of, from summits above Tito, ii. 54; ruins of ancient town near, ii. 55; probable result of examination of these old ruins, ii. 55.
"Sbalza," nature of the, i. 108.
Scacchi, Professor, visited by author, at Naples, i. 4; report by, on earthquake of August 14, 1851, i. 173.
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Schmidt's, Dr. Julius, method of computing transit velocity, i. 122.
Sciavra, descent by the, i. 407.
Secchi, Padre, opinion of, that the shock had been instrumentally sensible as far as Rome, ii. 156.
Secular movements, ii. 381.
Seismic inquiry of two distinct orders, i. 6.
Seismic vertical and angle of emergence, 1. 11, 18; region, extent of, from Rome to Otranto, and from Gargano to Reggio, i. 199; area under observation, bounded by a line eastward from Sermoneta, at head of the Pontine Marshes, to Foggia in Capitanata, and thence to the Adriatic, i. 197; vertical, superficial position of the, ii. 235; Map A, ii. 236; area and depth, relations of, ii. 257.
Seismology, recent origin of this branch of science, i. 5; method of inquiry i. 5, 9.
Seismometer, Professor Palmieri's, at the Observatory upon Vesuvius, affected by shock, i. 212.
Semiphases, both, i. 136.
Serapis, temple of, evidence at the, as to change of level, i. 218; new views as to change of level at, i. 221; foundation of, moving slowly downward, i. 223.
Serra Mandrano, pass of the, glorious sunset view from the, ii. 29; probable abnormal declination at, ii. 30.
Sesse, position of, ii. 152; shock at, loud enough to awaken all the people, ii. 152.
Shock, elastic wave of, i. 10; normal, i. 38, 39; abnormal, fractures in rectangular buildings by, i. 59; sub-abnormal, direction of fractures in rectangular buildings by, i. 65; effects of, five principal conditions as to form and structure in buildings which modify the, i. 81; second class of conditions modifying effects of, i. 96; third modifying condition, i. 101; fourth modifying condition, i. 102; fifth modifying
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