Among the Forces

About this eBook

Author

Warren, Henry White, 1831-1912

Credits

E-text prepared by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

Q: Science

Subject

Science -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15807

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15807

Release Date

May 9, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AMONG THE FORCES — Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of THY hands.--Psalm viii, 6 — HENRY WHITE WARREN, LL.D. — 1898 — E. I. W. Eximia Inter Vires. — CONTENTS — Why Written The Man Who Needed 452,696 Barrels of Water The Sun's Great Horses Old Sun Help Moon Help More Moon Help Star Help Help from Insensible Seas The Fairy Gravitation More Gravitation The Fairy Pulls Great Loads The Fairy Draws Greater Loads The Fairy Works a Pump Handle The Help of Inertia One Plant Help Gas Help Natural Affection of Metals Natural Affection Between Metal and Liquid Natural Affection of Metal and Gas Hint Help Creations Now in Progress Some Curious Behaviors of Atoms Mobility of Seeming Solids The Next World to Conquer Our Enjoyment of Nature's Forces The Matterhorn The Grand Canon of the Colorado River. The Yellowstone Park Geysers Sea Sculpture The Power of Vegetable Life Spiritual Dynamics When This World is Not — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — Old Faithful Geyser . . . . Frontispiece Breaking Waves Incline at Mauch Chunk The Head of the Toboggan Slide. The Big Trees The Matterhorn The Punch Bowl, Yellowstone Geysers. Formation of the Grotto Geyser Bee-Hive Geyser Pulpit Terrace and Bunsen Peak "The Breakers," Santa Cruz, Cal. The Work and the Worker, Santa Cruz, Cal. Yellow Chili Squash in Harness Squash Grown Under Pressure A Natural Bridge, Santa Cruz, Cal. An Excavated Arch, Santa Cruz, Cal A Double Natural Arch, Santa Cruz, Cal. A Triple Natural Arch, Santa Cruz, Cal. Remains of a Quadruple Natural Arch Arch Remains, Side Wall Broken — AMONG THE FORCES — WHY WRITTEN — THE MAN WHO NEEDED 452,696 BARRELS OF WATER — THE SUN'S GREAT HORSES — OLD SUN HELP — MOON HELP — MORE MOON HELP — STAR HELP — HELP FROM INSENSIBLE SEAS — THE FAIRY GRAVITATION — MORE GRAVITATION — THE FAIRY PULLS GREAT LOADS — THE FAIRY DRAWS GREATER LOADS — THE FAIRY WORKS A PUMP HANDLE — THE HELP OF INERTIA — ONE PLANT HELP — GAS HELP — NATURAL AFFECTION OF METALS — NATURAL AFFECTION BETWEEN METAL AND LIQUID — NATURAL AFFECTION OP METAL AND GAS — HINT HELP — CREATIONS NOW IN PROGRESS — SOME CURIOUS BEHAVIORS OF ATOMS — MOBILITY OF SEEMING SOLIDS — THE NEXT WORLD TO CONQUER — OUR ENJOYMENT OF NATURE'S FORCES — THE MONTE ROSA — THE MATTERHORN — THE GRAND CANON OF THE COLORADO RIVER — THE YELLOWSTONE PARK GEYSERS — THEIR ESSENTIAL FACTS AND CAUSES — WHAT ARE THE CAUSES? — MOUNDS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS — SEA SCULPTURE* — THE POWER OF VEGETABLE LIFE — SPIRITUAL DYNAMICS* — WHEN THIS WORLD IS NOT*

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