Outlines of the Earth's History
by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
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About this eBook
- Author
- Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate, 1841-1906
- Title
- Outlines of the Earth's History: A Popular Study in Physiography
- Credits
- Produced by Brendan Lane, Riikka Talonpoika, Jeroen van Luin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GB: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Physical geography
- Subject
- Physical geography
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 18562
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18562
- Release Date
- June 12, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.PREFACE. — CONTENTS. — LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. — CHAPTER I. an introduction to the study of nature. — CHAPTER II. ways and means of studying nature. — CHAPTER III. the stellar realm.
- 2.Motions of the Spheres.
- 3.The Solar System.
- 4.The Constitution of the Sun. — CHAPTER IV. the earth. — CHAPTER V. the atmosphere.
- 5.Whirling Storms.
- 6.The System of Waters.
- 7.The Ocean Currents.
- 8.The Circuit of the Rain.
- 9.Geological Work of Water.
- 10.Lakes. — CHAPTER VI. glaciers. — CHAPTER VII. the work of underground water.
- 11.Volcanoes. — CHAPTER VIII. the soil. — CHAPTER IX. the rocks and their order.
- 12.Earthquakes.
- 13.Duration of Geological Time.
- 14.The Moon.
- 15.Methods in studying Geology. — INDEX.
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