Light Science
by Richard A. Proctor
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About this eBook
- Author
- Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888
- Title
- Light Science for Leisure Hours A series of familiar essays on scientific subjects, natural phenomena, &c.
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- Q: Science
- Subject
- Science
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 54455
- Release Date
- March 28, 2017
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.LIGHT SCIENCE FOR LEISURE HOURS.
- 3.PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION.
- 4.PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
- 5.PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.
- 6.CONTENTS.
- 7.STRANGE DISCOVERIES RESPECTING THE AURORA. — THE EARTH A MAGNET. — OUR CHIEF TIME-PIECE LOSING TIME. — ENCKE THE ASTRONOMER. — VENUS ON THE SUN’S FACE. — BRITAIN’S COAL CELLARS. — THE SECRET OF THE NORTH POLE. — IS THE GULF STREAM A MYTH. — FLOODS IN SWITZERLAND. — A GREAT TIDAL WAVE. — DEEP-SEA DREDGINGS. — THE TUNNEL THROUGH MONT CENIS. — TORNADOES. — VESUVIUS. — THE EARTHQUAKE IN PERU. — THE GREATEST SEA-WAVE EVER KNOWN. — THE USEFULNESS OF EARTHQUAKES. — THE FORCING POWER OF RAIN. — A SHOWER OF SNOW-CRYSTALS. — LONG SHOTS. — INFLUENCE OF MARRIAGE ON THE DEATH-RATE. — THE TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. — A SHIP ATTACKED BY A SWORD-FISH. — THE SAFETY-LAMP. — THE DUST WE HAVE TO BREATHE. — PHOTOGRAPHIC GHOSTS. — THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ROWING STYLES. — BETTING ON HORSE RACES: OR, THE STATE OF THE ODDS. — SQUARING THE CIRCLE. — A NEW THEORY OF ACHILLES’ SHIELD.
- 8.Untitled
- 9.FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Notes
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