On 1st November 1755, Lisbon was destroyed by an earthquake so powerful, that “violent waves” (known as seiches) were stirred up on Loch Ness, 2000 miles away. The tsunami caused by the quake was seen travelling up the Firth of Forth.
- (1770) Accounts of extraordinary Motions of the Waters in several places of North Britain, and of a Shock of an Earthquake felt at Dunbarton. Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary vol. 2 Article 36: pp. 461-476