02390cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000060010610000120011224502000012426400510032430000470037533600260042233700260044833800360047450000310051050802320054152011340077353400450190765300270195270000350197985600430201499900190205765867UtSlPG20260610134524.0mcr n260607r2021||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aQ1 aVarious10aPhilosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part I. For the year 1757. :bGiving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours, of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world. 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2021  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2021-07-18  aCharlene Taylor, Jonathan Ingram, Michael Ciesielski, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"Philosophical Transactions, Vol. L. Part I. For the year 1757" by Various et al. is a scientific publication written in the mid-18th century. This volume of the journal contains a collection of essays and accounts regarding various scientific endeavors and observations prevalent during that time, spanning topics from geological events, such as earthquakes, to medical inquiries and discoveries related to mineral waters.   The opening of the volume presents a detailed account of an earthquake that occurred in New England on November 18, 1755, narrated by John Winthrop. He describes the earthquake's progression, its effects on the environment, and the peculiar phenomenon of fish surfacing in the aftermath. Winthrop methodically conveys the duration, intensity, and extent of the earthquake, comparing it to past events and theorizing about its geographical impact. Additionally, he accounts for the local weather conditions leading up to the earthquake, providing a robust context for understanding this seismic event's significance in the scientific discourse of the period. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience -- Periodicals1 aRoyal Societyq(Great Britain)40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65867  c106689d106689