Research Catalog

Title

A lecture on earthquakes [electronic resource] : read in the chapel of Harvard College in Cambridge, N.E., November 26th 1755, on occasion of the great earthquake which shook New England the week before / by John Winthrop.

Author

Winthrop, John, 1714-1779.

Publication

Boston, New England : Printed and sold by Edes & Gill, 1755.

Details

Description

2 p.l., [5]-38 p.; 21 cm.

Alternative Title

Mr. Winthrop's lecture on earthquakes.

Subject

Earthquakes

Note

• "Published by the general desire of that Society."
• Half title: Mr. Winthrop's lecture on earthquakes.
• "Appendix, concerning the operation of electrical substance in earthquakes; and the effects of iron points": p. [32]-38.
• Erratum note at bottom of p. 38.
• SCI-105.
• Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
• Sabin no. 104853.

Bibliography (note)

• Textual and bibliographical footnotes.

Indexed In (note)

• RLIN

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

LCCN

nuc87817038

OCLC

CTRG10192059-B

Author

Winthrop, John, 1714-1779.

Title

A lecture on earthquakes [electronic resource] : read in the chapel of Harvard College in Cambridge, N.E., November 26th 1755, on occasion of the great earthquake which shook New England the week before / by John Winthrop.

Imprint

Boston, New England : Printed and sold by Edes & Gill, 1755.

Bibliography

Textual and bibliographical footnotes.

Indexed In:

RLIN, CTRG10192059-B

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Connect to:

Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Added Title

Mr. Winthrop's lecture on earthquakes.