Word: tidal
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...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 Washington long-range weather forecaster, thinks the high frequency of quakes this year may be related to the fact that 1935 will have seven lunar and solar eclipses, the maximum possible number...
...tidal theory is behind the method worked out by Reuben Greenspan. Last month he told a newshawk that a conjunction of the moon and the planet Jupiter seemed to indicate earth disturbances "in islands northeast of Australia" for July 11 and 12. Early last week he wrote letters to newspapers repeating this prophecy. When July 10 came round Krakatoa, a volcanic island with a dreadful record, between Java and Sumatra, suddenly started erupting at two-minute intervals, hurling lava spume a half-mile above the rim.* When he heard of this Prophet Greenspan cried: "Gosh, that's wonderful...
...Harvard's overtaxed medical resources were again called into play over the week-end as the University sank for the third time, beneath a tidal wave of German measles cases...
...Harvard's overtaxed medical resources were again called into play over the week-end as the University sank for the third time, beneath a tidal wave of German measles cases...
...Harvard's overtaxed medical resources were again called into play over the week-end as the University sank for the third time, beneath a tidal wave of German measles cases...