Word: schaffernicht
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...approaches to the problem of predicting seismic disturbances. One is by observing certain phenomena which have been found to precede them. These are slight tiltings of the ground, as detected in Japan by Inouye and Sugiyama; changes in the force of gravity, as reported from Germany by Tomaschek and Schaffernicht; and disturbances of electromagnetic radiation, as observed by Italy's Piatti. No successful forecast has resulted from any of these observations. The other approach is to take cognizance of possible contributing causes of quakes, such as the tidal pulls on Earth of heavenly bodies. Herbert Janvrin Browne, a heterodox...
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