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Nature's Miracles, by Elisha Gray, Ph. D., Ll. D

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Author
Gray, Elisha, 1835-1901
Title
Familiar Talks on Science: World-Building and Life; Earth, Air and Water.
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Josephine Paolucci 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
eBook-No.
33405
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33405
Release Date
August 11, 2010
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Nature's Miracles
  2. 2.ELISHA GRAY, Ph. D., LL. D. — Vol. I — World-Building and Life — Earth, Air, and Water — NEW YORK — FORDS, HOWARD, & HULBERT
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
  5. 5.NATURE'S MIRACLES.
  6. 6.EARTH.
  7. 7.CHAPTER I. — WORLD-BUILDING AND LIFE.
  8. 8.CHAPTER II. — LIMESTONE.
  9. 9.CHAPTER III. — COAL.
  10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — SLATE AND SHALE.
  11. 11.CHAPTER V. — SALT.
  12. 12.AIR.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VI. — THE ATMOSPHERE.
  14. 14.CHAPTER VII. — AIR TEMPERATURE.
  15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. — CLOUD-FORMATION—EVAPORATION.
  16. 16.CHAPTER IX. — CLOUD FORMATION—CONTINUED.
  17. 17.CHAPTER X. — WIND—WHY IT BLOWS.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XI. — WIND—CONTINUED.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XII. — LOCAL WINDS.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. — WEATHER PREDICTIONS.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. — HOW DEW IS FORMED.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XV. — HAILSTONES AND SNOW.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVI. — METEORS.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVII. — THE SKY AND ITS COLOR.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII. — LIQUID AIR.
  26. 26.WATER.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XIX. — RIVERS AND FLOODS.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XX. — TIDES.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXI. — WHAT IS A SPONGE?
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXII. — WATER AND ICE.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXIII. — STORED ENERGY IN WATER.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXIV. — WHY DOES ICE FLOAT?
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXV. — GLACIERS.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXVI. — EVIDENCES AND THEORIES OF AN ICE AGE.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXVII. — GLACIAL AND PREGLACIAL LAKES AND RIVERS.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXVIII. — SOME EFFECTS OF THE GLACIAL PERIOD.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXIX. — DRAINAGE BEFORE THE ICE AGE. — Nature's Miracles:
  38. 38.FAMILIAR TALKS ON SCIENCE. — By Prof. ELISHA GRAY. — BITS OF ORE FROM RICH MINES.
  39. 39.THE "NUGGETS" SERIES. — By HENRY WARD BEECHER. — Books by Albion W. Tourgee. — NOVELS of the SOUTH. — OTHER WORKS.

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