The earthquake observers :
- 出版日期：c2013.
- 出版者：The University of Chicago Press,
- 页数：348 p. :
- 出版地：Chicago :
- 第一责任说明：Deborah R. Coen.
- 尺寸：24 cm.
- 分类号：a263.9
- ISBN：978-0-226-11181-0(hdk.) :
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02h0041288 20140717095927.0 120417s2013 iluab frb |001|||eng | 978-0-226-11181-0(hdk.) : CNY277.00 ICU/DLC rda eng CGU DLC ; BTCTA ; BDX ; YDXCP ; NhCcYBP ; SKYRV QE539 .C64 2013 551.209/034 23 a263.9 aP316 v5 Coen, Deborah R. The earthquake observers : disaster science from Lisbon to Richter / Deborah R. Coen. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, c2013. 348 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-343) and index. The human seismograph -- The planet in the village: Comrie, Scotland, 1788-1897 -- News of the apocalypse -- The tongues of seismology: Switzerland, 1855-1912 -- Geographies of hazard -- The moment of danger -- Fault lines and borderlands: imperial Austria, 1880-1914 -- What is the earth? -- The youngest land: California, 1853-1906 -- A true measure of violence: California, 1906-1935. Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet’s hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This knowledge rests not only on the recordings of seismographs, but also on the observations of eyewitnesses to destruction. During the nineteenth century, a scientific description of an earthquake was built of stories—stories from as many people in as many situations as possible. Sometimes their stories told of fear and devastation, sometimes of wonder and excitement. Seismology ; Earthquakes History. ; Observations ; History 19th century. aCN b010001 010001 263.9 C65 lxl1401 h1 ; rCNY277.00