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THE following letter describes certain underground noises heard on the day of the great eruption of Krakatoa, in a little island of the Carribean Sea, very near the antipodes of the Sunda Strait. It is possibly an interesting instance of propagation of sound through the whole diameter of the earth. I shall first translate the letter of my correspondent, then add some explanatory remarks:—
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FOREL, F. Underground Noises Heard at Caimanbrac, Carribean Sea, on Augusts 26, 1883. Nature 31, 483–484 (1885). https://doi.org/10.1038/031483a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/031483a0