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MR. MUIR is quite correct as to the facts and date of the introduction of the aseismatic tables into Japan. In 1869–70 seven aseismatic tables for carrying the lighting apparatus were sent from here and erected in Japan, and Mr. Simpkins, who has recently returned from Japan, informs me that there are three in action at present. Two iron towers, 46 feet high, with this arrangement at their base, were also constructed and shipped for Japan, but the vessel was lost and no more were sent out, as the engineer in charge—Mr. Brunton—took an unfavourable view of their efficiency—his idea being that they would not work, as he considered that buildings of “great weight and solidity, thereby adding to their inertia and checking their oscillation, were best suited to meet the difficulty in Japan.” Mr. Milne's experiments with aseismatic tables have borne out Mr. David Stevenson's original view as to their power of mitigating an earthquake shock. For fuller information see NATURE, vol. xxx. p. 193.
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STEVENSON, D. Earthquake-Proof Buildings. Nature 32, 316 (1885). https://doi.org/10.1038/032316b0
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