John Milne

While living in Japan, John Milne (1850–1913) sought to study the 1880 Yokohama earthquake, soon realising that scientists lacked the proper tools. Aided by colleagues, he went on to develop the necessary instrumentation, and by 1896 he had built the first seismograph capable of recording major earthquakes in any part of the world. His textbook Earthquakes and Other Earth Movements (also reissued in this series) had appeared in 1886. In this follow-up work, published in 1898, Milne continues to discuss the nature of earthquakes, the methods and equipment needed to investigate them, and how to apply this knowledge to construction. He references the research, hypotheses and formulae of modern scientists, also noting in passing the suggestions made by earlier authors on the causes of seismic activity. The text is accompanied by many diagrams, especially of experimental apparatus, and several photographs illustrate damaged buildings and bridges.

John Milne (1850–1913) was a professor of mining and geology at the Imperial College of Engineering, Tokyo. While living in Japan, Milne became very interested in seismology, prompted by a strong seismic shock he experienced in Tokyo in 1880. Sixteen years later Milne and two colleagues completed work on the first seismograph capable of recording major earthquakes. This book, originally published in London in 1886, explains why earthquakes happen and what effects they have on land and in the oceans. As Milne points out, Japan provided him with 'the opportunity of recording an earthquake every week'. Starting with an introduction examining the relationship of seismology to the arts and sciences, the book includes chapters on seismometry, earthquake motion, the causes of earthquakes, and their relation to volcanic activity, providing a thorough account of the state of knowledge about these phenomena towards the end of the nineteenth century.

Title: Notes on Crystallography and Crystallo-Physics, being the substance of lectures delivered at Yedo during the years 1876-77. Edited by Thomas Davies.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Milne, John; Davies, Thomas; 1879. 8 . 7106.bbb.8.

Carefully controlled information, structure and vocabularyGlossary at the back of the book explains some of the difficult words and phrasesThe book has around 1600 basic words for Intermediate-level studentsPoints for Understanding sectionAvailable as an eBook

Carefully controlled information, structure and vocabularyPictures help to understand the story and explain difficult words and phrasesThe book has been consolidated down to 300 words for Starter-level studentsFree resources including worksheets, tests and author data sheets

Carefully controlled information, structure and vocabularySome difficult words and phrases are explained with picturesThe book has around 600 basic words for Beginner-level studentsFree resources including worksheets, tests and author data sheets

Carefully controlled information, structure and vocabularyPictures help to understand the story and explain difficult words and phrasesThe book has been consolidated down to 300 words for Starter-level studentsFree resources including worksheets, tests and author data sheets

Carefully controlled information, structure and vocabularySome difficult words and phrases are explained with picturesThe book has around 600 basic words for Beginner-level studentsFree resources including worksheets, tests and author data sheets

Carefully controlled information, structure and vocabularySome difficult words and phrases are explained with picturesThe book has around 1100 basic words for Elementary-level studentsFree resources including worksheets, tests and author data sheets

Jimmy Jenner has been working as a private detective since a terrorist bomb caused him to lose a leg, and his job on London's police force. He is hired to work on a straightforward divorce case, but the stakes are soon raised. Someone tries to murder a man resembling Jenner outside his local pub, then the subject of his divorce enquiries is found dead in Epping forest. Jenner comes to realise he is himself a catalyst in these events. He has to question his own past, especially his family history and the accidental death of his elder brother, Joe, thirty years before. Joe was a minor criminal and peripheral member of the circle of murdered South London gangster, Tommy Slaughter. Was Joe's death what it seemed at the time? The answer may explain the violent events surrounding Jimmy Jenner now.

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