The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes

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Author

Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914

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Produced by Chris Curnow, Diane Monico, 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

QE: Science: Geology

Subject

Volcanoes

Category

Text

eBook-No.

43320

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43320

Release Date

July 27, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WONDER BOOK OF VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES
2. 2.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT
6. 6.CHAPTER I THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA IN 1883
7. 7.CHAPTER II SOME EFFECTS OF THE ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA
8. 8.CHAPTER III THE VOLCANIC ISLAND OF HAWAII
9. 9.CHAPTER IV THE VOLCANIC ISLAND OF ICELAND
10. 10.CHAPTER V VESUVIUS
11. 11.CHAPTER VI OTHER VOLCANOES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
12. 12.CHAPTER VII ORIZABA, POPOCATEPETL, IXTACCIHUATL, AND OTHER VOLCANOES OF MEXICO
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII COSEGUINA AND OTHER VOLCANOES OF CENTRAL AMERICA
14. 14.CHAPTER IX THE VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH AMERICA
15. 15.CHAPTER X VOLCANOES OF THE UNITED STATES
16. 16.CHAPTER XI THE CATASTROPHE OF MARTINIQUE AND THE VOLCANIC ISLANDS OF THE LESSER ANTILLES
17. 17.CHAPTER XII SOME OTHER NOTED VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII JORULLO, A YOUNG VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV MID-OCEAN VOLCANIC ISLANDS
20. 20.CHAPTER XV SUBMARINE VOLCANOES
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI DISTRIBUTION OF THE EARTH'S VOLCANOES
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII VOLCANOES OF THE GEOLOGICAL PAST
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII LAPLACE'S NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX THE EARTH'S HEATED INTERIOR, THE CAUSE OF VOLCANOES
25. 25.CHAPTER XX SOME FORMS OF LAVA
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI MUD VOLCANOES AND HOT SPRINGS
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII THE VOLCANOES OF THE MOON
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII EARTHQUAKES
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV SOME OF THE PHENOMENA OF EARTHQUAKES
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV THE EARTHQUAKE OF CALABRIA IN 1783
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI THE GREAT LISBON EARTHQUAKE OF 1755
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII THE EARTHQUAKE OF CUTCH, INDIA, IN 1819
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 18, 1906
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX SOME OTHER NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX SODOM AND GOMORRAH AND THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI INSTRUMENTS FOR RECORDING AND MEASURING EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII SEAQUAKES
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII THE DISTRIBUTION OF EARTHQUAKES
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV THE CAUSES OF EARTHQUAKES
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV EARTHQUAKES OF THE GEOLOGICAL PAST—CATACLYSMS
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI THE KIMBERLY DIAMOND FIELDS AND THEIR VOLCANIC ORIGIN
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII THE FABLED CONTINENT OF ATLANTIS
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII PLATO'S ACCOUNT OF ATLANTIS
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX NATURE'S WARNING OF COMING EARTHQUAKES
45. 45.FOOTNOTES:

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