James Parsons M.D. F.R.S. to the President, concerning the SameAuthor(s): James ParsonsSource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 46 (1749 - 1750), pp. 633-636Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/104727 .

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r 633 ] BlaPc, turned round on his HeelX and fell down, and has not been well fince. Alfo anotluer PerSon7 that xvas fct out on fonze Bufinefs, was ncarly turn'd round by the Shock; which feems a little t0 con-

firnz tlle moving t;-*e China FiC,ures in the Diredion before-melltion'd.

If thefe Hints are worthy of your NoticeX or to be communicated to the Learned Body of the Royv! Socisty, they are at your Service, I ams with great ERcem,

S I RS} Sor StOS obediant hble Sersts

Mich. Ru«el.

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Janzes Parfons SI.D. F.R.S. to the Prefidenta concering the jame

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'749 Ucommunicate fucElEadsas I knowb or hae been informed of, collcelnilzD the Shocx that 11appencd lall EhgrAda.

Bets^een S alld 6 itl tlle Morning I was awa£ed by a vio ent Motion of the Floute, with a great Noife reliembling tllc Fall of liome heany Body over- llead: At ^raking I fbund my Bed tuovc scry mucll; lDut in nzft Surprize could NOt dillinguith svhat kind of Motion it nzit,ht be, as to its Diredion; tllis

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r 633 ] BlaPc, turned round on his HeelX and fell down, and has not been well fince. Alfo anotluer PerSon7 that xvas fct out on fonze Bufinefs, was ncarly turn'd round by the Shock; which feems a little t0 con-

firnz tlle moving t;-*e China FiC,ures in the Diredion before-melltion'd.

If thefe Hints are worthy of your NoticeX or to be communicated to the Learned Body of the Royv! Socisty, they are at your Service, I ams with great ERcem,

S I RS} Sor StOS obediant hble Sersts

Mich. Ru«el.

arar

Janzes Parfons SI.D. F.R.S. to the Prefidenta concering the jame

SI R, !2 lNlarch ls S IEr E me Leave, -ameng othersa to

'749 Ucommunicate fucElEadsas I knowb or hae been informed of, collcelnilzD the Shocx that 11appencd lall EhgrAda.

Bets^een S alld 6 itl tlle Morning I was awa£ed by a vio ent Motion of the Floute, with a great Noife reliembling tllc Fall of liome heany Body over- llead: At ^raking I fbund my Bed tuovc scry mucll; lDut in nzft Surprize could NOt dillinguith svhat kind of Motion it nzit,ht be, as to its Diredion; tllis

Ms na Ill Zl being

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6^34 ] iillg naonlcntary, as srcll as my Surprize, I^fast and lleard t't<c ('f6b84 rattle upon a Cablllet in my C*lanabcr) alld pereciVctl a trenil!itlft LKlotion in the AocR1 it ivcr.RE Sccollds> My M;Zc sras a1X diS- tllrlCtis a1ld aRkiila xvlat was tEle lattcrX I faisl I telt a KStlock} wx llicll I belicv'd to bc l ke xvhat llad llppttl' tiat rray Klontll: She anZcr'd} if this is orc} I fLit atlother about- 2 tllis Mornillg, while you Rept. I imtnediately look'd at my Watch} a-ld fiw it Was fix or iEven-and-thirty Minutes after S I obfcrved a Light {hitle in at my Windows more than was natulal; alld fFonzs the RedneS of the Sky) and Clearnefi of the Mornin^,> concludcd tlzc Sun sras rising; but irzagin¢l it fonzctiling Rtange it Ihould rik fo many Minutes boncr tlaan xvas uIdal upoll the 58t11 of Marak UpOt1 NKthiCh I

t$0;^¢ alrd wcnt to vmy \Vindorr, xxrdicil looked Ea0- xvard) and then N^r it \Mas a-red LigL<t ony, ex

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tcnl¢d frono atoout N N. Ef to St E. sn lwich I take ro be tilat xnention<l b7 ttne ReY D-. MS 1aR Dgwy

Tlcn I srent into t1ze SquilreX nsthcrw ieveral Scr- ttltS CnSC OU£ Q ttit' Haut;s much frsbiltcsdz Ttsey ali feit it tilP falile Ezay; aild <escr<.l La- bou+<rs and lKtatkct-People t :3ld me thcy nZerc {hakcn vcry tnucb as they svalkcd, and that a!t <a> wMarrket wras in t11c .eat<S (Bonttilion imaginable} no one thitakttig 11imt*cif fafEe r grcdteR Part of rlleste I I}oke to abvut r heard ti¢ lime Sot oc NoilE that occurrd to ule ar the tinze.

M>ny comp!atncc; a1l Day of (rc;*.+ SickrzeS at t}}2 5tOinaCh) Gnd 4g-4&t! v I llAd t!lt ^ttCZ

-th:C: or ftut Hours aktr it > gnd s3thers of xlly At<%;li<tiLltAti*s£t '

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[ 635 ] Acauaitance fElt P<ins in tlue BacTc ttle gtearR Part of that Dar.

At Afary-bn7; it sraJ univetiElEy fel; 2nd ren ttwe greateA Violcnce ilmiit.*ble. AF onc Ho-u1: wvhcre I \^taS at Iz tilat Day) a >al2-<v£<anF ai> {he was throsvIl firLE to one Sidea aiu ti:n back to the otlaer; and many compared it to tlle Bvockinjy of a Cradle 1 inquired particularly of Xcil as wexc. thus rockcd} about the Situation of vlleir Ileds} and obirsred, that tho) all dc1*cribed the Motlon to bc fiom Side to SideX tlleir Beds srcre in a11 Diredions

As to tl<c S}lock which wras faid to be [clt at tuo the lame Mortwiil:> ti;acre can be no Doubt Gt it} br I srent tQ Several Farnllics ill tny D<ciDl bourhoou; wsllo pofvivuly a¢rted it to t?e trlte; but all fa-ist st xxr2s not So firond .s tllat xvaich lwappenu aRcrVaas nor could 41ly one y lne xvas assa!;ed by it: 0 the contrary, all thoD xvbo fEle it} lEid thcy xrere avake beforc it hanpend. As bt nyIcIt, I diu acr perceite i> bci<l:, a(iecpa and tllerctore I lEloazld 1? inciined tQ think t!19 hIetion to bc ilniS<icut to didrurb a {lceDinr Pcrfon) for I am caStly dfEuro*u

TIlcre is a fXrong Repf3rt of a trcrlblilatr M3tiOi; being felt a£ tS70 tS friky lS4orn<nD blloxvixi:> xrhich lslcd not long and anctlz*<r at toux trC flme hIornillg x^71lic1 laRed IVscral Alinl.+cs) svt OUt uny Noife. I mct Corln(clior aRx ;!X bgrn7 of L)eucvire-/5reet) ssl<o toid tlle, that 1Mss Lowe} an cnzillen£ Apothecarst at Wmi<er, uct clat ect eo 1zil<, tl<athe lzad Occafon to ve up thatNiaht and nvas very fcnfible of thofe trcmbling Motlons tatll tillles > aild I havc beetl fillce itlf5t rn'ds tilat one ;Alrs. SarJh/ of keens-Sf+/4re fclt tlle ^Motion

At nl xn ln 2 about

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[ 636 ] abolze two that WIornin3, but was not fenlible of tle otherX

I afio madc bme I.^quir1es concerninb tt Extent of ahe Shock of >,av9y Mornin>> arld was in tcrmd bJr yohn Woffie E9; a great Srudics*^ of Na turc} that tle svrote to llis Gardener at h:s HoufE Xt H+H-Cnxrt ncar Scrd in OnegE7}^ire about it7

stith O-ders to ,o to H>nRy upon Samesa l"nd inquire whethcr it was fUlt tilcre, and Ize \*rotc back WordX that the ;NiarkKt-People s?ho came there troln tsrenty WIiles round kncw nothing of ir. I was alfo informed by Mr. Shervaod of this SoSet73

that it was not fElt at Harn C^ggrah a Gentlernan having fent his -Serxrant on purpoLe to krloaw; nor any filrther that Way than lrdX It waras alfo iit ae S nznore, but nor at ht3nore fiNye Miles fill- t let.

I sras YeRerday in the Ciry, and a Gentlemarz faid, the Fith in his Ponds Brere rcmarkably diLluroed by the Shock, and that rzzany of them leaped quite OUt of tlle Water U2Qn the Bank; and while he was relating tiliS, atlOiher CaAlt illX svho fiid) tlle ldinc happensd ln a Pond of his, and irl that of another Gentleman in his Nei^,hbourhood at the fame time I am) Sir nvith great ReQeX

%4r,*, M4tc I5. Zoxr md hb Serwnt, l7^ 9-S°

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