Earth And Sky Every Child Should Know

About this eBook

Author

Rogers, Julia Ellen, 1866-

Title

Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Christine D. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QE: Science: Geology

Subject

Astronomy -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

32598

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32598

Release Date

May 30, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.EARTH AND SKY EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW — BY
2. 2.JULIA ELLEN ROGERS
3. 3.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.PART I — THE EARTH
7. 7.THE GREAT STONE BOOK
8. 8.THE FOSSIL FISH
9. 9.THE CRUST OF THE EARTH
10. 10.WHAT IS THE EARTH MADE OF?
11. 11.THE FIRST DRY LAND
12. 12.A STUDY OF GRANITE
13. 13.METAMORPHIC ROCKS
14. 14.THE AIR IN MOTION
15. 15.THE WORK OF THE WIND
16. 16.RAIN IN SUMMER
17. 17.WHAT BECOMES OF THE RAIN?
18. 18.THE SOIL IN FIELDS AND GARDENS
19. 19.THE WORK OF EARTHWORMS
20. 20.QUIET FORCES THAT DESTROY ROCKS
21. 21.HOW ROCKS ARE MADE
22. 22.GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH A RIVER
23. 23.THE WAYS OF RIVERS
24. 24.THE STORY OF A POND
25. 25.THE RIDDLE OF THE LOST ROCKS
26. 26.THE QUESTION ANSWERED
27. 27.GLACIERS AMONG THE ALPS
28. 28.THE GREAT ICE-SHEET
29. 29.FOLLOWING SOME LOST RIVERS
30. 30.THE MAMMOTH CAVE OF KENTUCKY
31. 31.LAND-BUILDING BY RIVERS
32. 32.THE MAKING OF MOUNTAINS
33. 33.THE LAVA FLOOD OF THE NORTHWEST
34. 34.THE FIRST LIVING THINGS
35. 35.AN ANCIENT BEACH AT EBB TIDE
36. 36.THE LIME ROCKS
37. 37.THE AGE OF FISHES
38. 38.KING COAL
39. 39.HOW COAL WAS MADE
40. 40.THE MOST USEFUL METAL
41. 41.THE AGE OF REPTILES
42. 42.THE AGE OF MAMMALS
43. 43.THE HORSE AND HIS ANCESTORS
44. 44.THE AGE OF MAN
45. 45.PART II — THE SKY
46. 46.EVERY FAMILY A "STAR CLUB"
47. 47.THE DIPPERS AND THE POLE STAR
48. 48.CONSTELLATIONS YOU CAN ALWAYS SEE
49. 49.WINTER CONSTELLATIONS
50. 50.ORION, HIS DOGS, AND THE BULL
51. 51.SEVEN FAMOUS CONSTELLATIONS
52. 52.THE TWENTY BRIGHTEST STARS
53. 53.HOW TO LEARN MORE

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