[7] (P. 135). The views stated in note 3 (to page 96) may here again be referred to as in point. How is it possible, in the present state of science at least, to establish any physical connection between an eruption in Java and one of Vesuvius, "with half the world between," when not even having the solitary connecting link of complete contemporaneity, and which, if it existed, yet might be nothing but accidental? A list of shocks upon record, which have occurred more or less nearly simultaneously at distant parts of the world, may be found in my fourth Report, ("Facts of Earthquakes," "British Association Reports, 1858") and the reasons are there given for rejecting the notion of any direct physical connection between the origins of the respective shocks.
Shocks, emanating from the close neighbourhood of volcanic vents, or simultaneity of eruption, in vents not far distant from each other, stand upon a different footing.
Preserved the unusual, but consistent, spelling of "develope."
Preserved the unusual, and inconsistent, references to the Plates. Sometimes Arabic numerals are used, but usually Roman numerals. Most have "A" attached to the name (which was changed to "a" to avoid confusion in the Roman numerals), but not VIII, and sometimes not in the references to them.
Equations were converted to linear text, adding spacing and parentheses as necessary. Greek characters were also replaced by Latin letters in the Latin-1 version.
Replaced the oe ligature with the two characters in "Goethe" in the front material.
Changed "fumarolles" to "fumaroles" on page 3: "fumaroles and salfatares."
Changed "Lyall" to "Lyell" in footnote originally on page 9: "Daubeny, Lyell, Phillips and others."
Changed "throught" to "through" on page 35: "passing through it."
Removed duplicated word "the" on page 40: "the great Calabrian Earthquake."
Page 89 refers to the "Fossa del Vetrano;" elsewhere there are references to "Fossa della Vetrana," which may be what was intended. However, I did not change this.
Changed "hydrochloride" to "hydrochloric" on page 109: "the hydrochloric acid which it discharged."
Changed "disk" to "disc" on page 126: "the disc and index."
Replaced the infinity symbol on page 131 with "for infinity," in the Latin-1 text version.