No. (2.)
Translation of Part II. of the Report to the Royal Academy of Science of Naples, by Professors Palmieri and Scacchi, on the Earthquake of 14th August, 1851.
Della Regione Vulcanica del Monte Vulture e del Tremuoto ivi avvenuto nel de 14 Agosto, 1851, relazione fatta per incarico della R. Accademia della Scienze, da Luigi Palmieri ed Archangelo Scacchi. Parta Seconda; Storia del Tremuoto.
HISTORY OF THE EARTHQUAKE.
From the past summer season, up to the moment in which we are writing (February, 1852), the earth has been frequently convulsed in several of the countries of Europe. All these earthquakes have had distinct centres of action, and a different intensity and extension.[1]
It is our province solely to speak of that which with reason has been denominated the earthquake of Melfi, not merely because this unfortunate city suffered the most in the death of its inhabitants, and the ruin of its buildings, but because the cause of these calamities was felt in the surrounding countries, the ground on which this ancient and illustrious metropolis of Puglia is built having been the centre of convulsion, as we shall presently demonstrate. Journeying
- ↑ The earthquake of Melfi was the signal for many others. Earthquakes occurred in Hungary, France, Albania, Calabria, &c. In the last region they were felt in the month of January, 1852, but not with the usual degree of intensity: they lasted many days, and the shocks were so frequent as to compel the inhabitants to sleep out of doors. The shocks in Calabria had no connection with those in Melfi, which are still perceptible.
