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Mediterranean, seismic zone of the, i. 200; seismic bands of the, ii. 379.
Meizoseismal and isoseismal curves, forms and areas of, ii. 252.
Melfi, situation and elevation of, ii. 113; the shock of 1851 and 1857 at, ii. 114; church of Morticelli at, ii. 115; exact time of shock at, ii. 116; sounds at, ii. 116.
Melfi earthquake of 1851, report of Professors Pahnieri and Scacchi upon, i. 173.
Meteorology and its relations to earthquake, ii. 165.
Meteorological phenomena, connection with, ii. 374.
Michael, St., Monastery of. See Monticchio.
Models, clay, utility of, ii. 361.
Modulus of dynamic cohesion, i. 141.
Moglia, geology of the, i. 414.
Moglia and Agri, the beds of, i. 428.
Mola, position of, ii. 152; shock at, ii. 152.
Moliterno, position of, i. 408; thriving condition of, i. 408; the Chiesa Madre, i. 409; the Castello, i. 409; Chiesa della Rosario at, i. 410; direction of wave at, i. 410.
Montefermo, Signor D'Errico's account of shock at, ii. 74; moment of the shock at, ii. 77.
Montemurro, journey to, i. 429; arrival at, ii. 1; night at, ii. 2; author's narrow escape at, ii. 3; position of, ii. 5; the whole town one vast heap of rubbish, ii. 6; Palazzo of Don Andrea del Fino, ii. 6; tower of the great monastery of St. Dominica at, ii. 8; general wave-path at, ii. 9; conditions of destruction, ii. 10; column and cross iminjured at, ii. 10; compared to Oppido in the Calabrian earthquake of 1783, ii. 11.
Montesano, no lives lost south of, i. 400; position of, i. 400.
Monticchio, monastery of, ii. 100; wave velocity at, ii. 101; statements of the monks at, ii. 102; elevation of, ii. 103; map decimation, ii. 103.
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Morano, Signor, hospitality of, and valuable information derived from, ii. 17; house of, ii. 19.
Mountain chains, directions of the, i. 163; and valleys how affecting transmission of shock, ii. 261; refraction of shock wave in, ii. 262.
Mountains and valley fissures, effects of, ii. 352.
Mountains, adjacent, effects of, ii. 354.
Mountain enlargement or depression, sudden, effects of, ii. 357.
Muro, view of, ii. 51; strange atmospheric light and noises at, ii. 124; prodigious 'illuviones' at, ii. 125.
Muro and the Maldo, levels of the, ii. 127.
Muro and Bella, effects of the chasm on, ii. 128; immunity of, ii. 129. Naples, general style of architecture in the kingdom of, i. 25; course of observation decided upon at, i. 203; official notice of the shock at, i. 203; visit to the observatory at, i. 204; alarm in, at the shock Dec. 1857, i. 208; sensations of those at, i. 209; indications of wave-path at, i. 216; tbe shock at, merely a reflected and refracted one, i. 216; return to, ii. 147; stoppage of the clock belonging to the self-acting anemometer of the marine observatory by shock of Dec. 16, ii. 147; rare books and pamphlets on
earthquakes at, ii. 148; how the shock reached, ii. 281; chandeliers, measure difference of velocity in semiphases at, ii. 345; small amplitude at, ii. 350.
Nature of overthrow with resistance, i. 14, 16.
Neapolitan statistics, ii. 160.
Nodal points, places frequently situated at, ii. 357.
Nomad life, fascination of, ii 146.
Nomenclature adopted in reference to the directions in azimuth and emergence of the earth-wave, relative to those of walls, buildings, or other objects affected by it, i. 35.
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