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Show Vlth nvnnl lo th phone nt Hi moon' motion., M llrlvo found that In four eiih, 1S.S0 to 16JH, tho numb, r of rartliquake near new and full uioon exceeded the nu'tnln r nt the qiiorti r very nearly In tho projiortlon of tl to four, In a numb, r ot xcced Ingly claborato calculation Jf llrivo hat cndiaroml tu thow that, liowowr tho llgureawem handlial, they idwayt pnwiit tho tamo giiiernl ronclualont, but tin ro am not at yet tufllclent factt to Juttlfy inoro than n pu!ng alltltloii to thl curlou .peculation. It d hj, liowevi r, nj war to bo an In evltnble deduction from the ivldcnco, not only that earthquake occur inoro frequently at the crlod of now and full moon, but that their frequency lu creaec at tho tlmo when tho moon U uoareet thotnrth and dliulnl.li whin It U mtat dULnt, and, tuori'oiir, tliat oiinhquakoahiak are more frequent when tho moon b near tho meridian than when alio bnliietydcgrccafromlt. If. l'erroy, Uio Trent li tclcntlit, trleil to figure out eoiuo eonnevlloii Iwtwein lii(Hn itlioaet and earthquake, a long agiia 1S4I -tit. IKll, llepublls. |