vorticose

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The Academicians relate that in some of the cities of Calabria effects were produced seeming to indicate a whirling or vorticose movement.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

The shock which agitated the building is described as having been horizontal and vorticose.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

In the first phase, the undulations were marked by a dominant direction, but, towards the close of the second phase, there was no determinate direction, and the impression was again that of a vorticose shock.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles

He records the occurrence of the so-called vorticose shocks at several places, though he attributes them to another cause.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles

But will not the admission of a vorticose motion of the ethereal medium, affect the aberration of light?

From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Bassnett, Thomas