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list, 3rd qtr 18th century |
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Gentleman's Magazine 1756 p.8
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Windermere lake
earthquake
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Earthquake,
Windermere
Regarding the Lisbon earthquake:-
Kirkby Lonsdale, in Westmoreland, Nov. 1.
THe lake called Wymansdel-Meare, so famous for the
Char-fish, was agitated in a very extraordinary
manner; for in an instant the waters rose seven feet, and
again as soon subsided; so that two fishermen who were in a
boat near the edge of the lake, repairing their fishing
tackle, found themselves by one wave carried into it a
considerable way, and were so astonished with the sudden
transportation, as to declare they expected nothing less
than the general consummation.
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weather
Carlisle
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Meteorological
Journals
Also on this page is one of a series of monthly reports
of the weather at London, and somewhere near Carlisle,
Cumberland:-
Each magazine entry includes the last few days of the
preceding month and all except the last few days of the
current month. One year has been chosen (1756, for no
special reason) to show the weather in Cumberland, and the
style of reporting. The first monthly report in 1756 has the
last few days of December 1755, and most of January
1756:-
Weather for 25 to 31 December 1755, 1 to 24 January
1756.
The earthquake that caused troubled waters on Windermere
was the Lisbon earthquake 1 November 1755, which is
described elsewhere in the Gentleman's Magazine with other
articles about earthquakes in general.
The weather is reported for London and Carlisle month by
month; each magazine entry includes the last few days of the
preceding month and all except the last few days of the
current month. One year has been chosen, for no special
reason, to show the weather in Cumberland. The first month
of 1757 has the data for the end of December 1756.
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gazetteer links
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-- (weather, Cumbria)
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-- "Wymansdel Meare" -- Windermere lake
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