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The San Francisco Earthquake And Fire April 18, 1906 And Their Effects On Structures And Structural Materials, Us Department Of The Interior

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Immediately after the San Francisco earthquake and fire of April 18,1906, it was decided to arrange for an investigation of their effects on buildings and materials of construction. According!}', on April 19 Richard L. Humphrey was sent to San Francisco for this purpose, as secretary of the National Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials and representing the structural materials division of the United States Geological Survey. At the request of the President, Capt. John Stephen Sewell, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, was sent to San Francisco on a similar errand by the War Department under order of April …

Earthquakes In California In 1898, Us Department Of The Interior, Charles S. Perrine

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The following paper is a continuation of similar records furnished by officers of the Lick Observatory, and completes the list up to the end of 1898. It records all the shocks observed or felt on Mount Hamilton, and all those reported to the Lick Observatory by letter, as well as newspaper reports of such earthquakes as occurred in the State during the year.

It also includes a number of shocks in various localities on the Pacific coast which it was thought might not have 'been recorded in other reports. No systematic examination of newspapers has been made, however, and some …

Earthquakes In California In 1896 And 1897, Us Department Of The Interior, Charles S. Perrine

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The following paper is a continuation of similar records furnished by officers of the Lick Observatory, and completes the list up to the end of 1897. It records all the shocks observed or felt on Mount Hamilton and all those reported to the Lick Observatory by letter, as well as newspaper reports of such earthquakes as occurred in the State during the year.

It also includes a number of shocks in various localities on the Pacific coast which it was thought might not have been recorded in other reports. No systematic examination of newspapers has been made, however, and some …

Earthquakes In California In 1894, Us Department Of The Interior, Charles S. Perrine

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The following report is a continuation of similar records, and brings the list up to the end of the year 1894. It contains accounts of all the shocks observed or felt on Mount Hamilton and all those reported to the Lick Observatory by letter, as well as newspaper reports of earthquakes occurring in the State during that year. Many newspapers have been examined, and this bulletin is largely made up from their reports. Some may have escaped notice.

It has been the object especially to record earthquakes occurring in California, but a number of shocks are here recorded which do …

Earthquakes In California In 1893, Us Department Of The Interior, Charles D. Perrine

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The following paper is a continuation of similar records furnished by officers of the Lick Observatory, and completes the list up to the .end of 1893. It records all the shocks observed or felt on Mount Hamilton, and all those reported to the Lick Observatory by letter, as .well as newspaper reports of such earthquakes as occurred in the State during that year. It also includes a number of shocks in various localities on the Pacific coast, which it was thought might not have been recorded in other reports. No systematic examination of newspapers has been made, however, and some …

Earthquakes In California In 1890 And 1891, Us Department Of The Interior, Edward S. Holden

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The following paper is a continuation of records of the same kind by Prof. Keeler and myself and it brings the list up to the end of the year 1891. It records all the shocks observed or felt on Mount Hamilton, and all those reported to the Lick Observatory by letter, as well as newspaper reports of such earthquakes as occurred in the state during that year. No systematic examination of the newspapers has been made, however, and reports may have escaped notice.