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A GENERAL HISTORY OF EARTHQUAKE STUDIES IN CHINA 1 CONTENTS 5 Chapter 1 Understanding of Earthquake phenomena in Ancient Times 7 Chapter 2 Long History of Earthquake Records 24 1.Ancient and Systematic Earthquake Records 24 2.Scientific Values of the Earthquake Records 35 Chapter 3 The First Seismograph in Human History 44 1.Zhang Heng and the Houfeng Seismoscope 44 2.The Seismoscope and Its Dissemination 47 Chapter 4 Abundant Records and Knowledge of the Macroscopic Precursors of Earthquake in Ancient Times 55 1.Earth-Sound 56 2.Earth-Flash 62 3.Foreshocks 68 4.Anomaly of Groundwater 70 5.Anomalous Meteorologv 73 6.Anomalous Behaviors of Animals 85 Chapter 5 Experience of Earthquake-Resistance and the Protection Against Seismic Hazards Obtained by the People in History 94 1.Earthquake Resistance Knowledge Embodied from Historic Architectures 94 2.Experience in the Protection Against Earthquake Hazards Obtained by the People in History 102 Chapter 6 Case Histories of Strong Earthquakes 110 1.The 1556 Huaxian Earthquake of Shaanxi Province 114 2.The 1920 Haiyuan Earthquake of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 120 3.Secondary Disasters of Earthquakes 128 Chapter 7 Earthquake Disasters Un

Author
TangXiren;[translator,LiuPengxin]
Publisher
Science Press
Published
1988
Language
EN
ISBN
9787030000996
Subjects
Science, Mathematics, History

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