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Gray Elisha. Familiar Talks on Science: World-Building and Life; Earth, Air and Water
Familiar Talks on Science: World-Building and Life; Earth, Air and Water
Table of Contents
Vol. I
World-Building and Life. Earth, Air, and Water. NEW YORK. FORDS, HOWARD, & HULBERT
INTRODUCTION
NATURE'S MIRACLES
EARTH
CHAPTER I
WORLD-BUILDING AND LIFE
CHAPTER II
LIMESTONE
CHAPTER III
COAL
CHAPTER IV
SLATE AND SHALE
CHAPTER V
SALT
AIR
CHAPTER VI
THE ATMOSPHERE
CHAPTER VII
AIR TEMPERATURE
CHAPTER VIII
CLOUD-FORMATION—EVAPORATION
CHAPTER IX
CLOUD FORMATION—CONTINUED
CHAPTER X
WIND—WHY IT BLOWS
CHAPTER XI
WIND—CONTINUED
CHAPTER XII
LOCAL WINDS
CHAPTER XIII
WEATHER PREDICTIONS
CHAPTER XIV
HOW DEW IS FORMED
CHAPTER XV
HAILSTONES AND SNOW
CHAPTER XVI
METEORS
CHAPTER XVII
THE SKY AND ITS COLOR
CHAPTER XVIII
LIQUID AIR
WATER
CHAPTER XIX
RIVERS AND FLOODS
CHAPTER XX
TIDES
CHAPTER XXI
WHAT IS A SPONGE?
CHAPTER XXII
WATER AND ICE
CHAPTER XXIII
STORED ENERGY IN WATER
CHAPTER XXIV
WHY DOES ICE FLOAT?
CHAPTER XXV
GLACIERS
CHAPTER XXVI
EVIDENCES AND THEORIES OF AN ICE AGE
CHAPTER XXVII
GLACIAL AND PREGLACIAL LAKES AND RIVERS
CHAPTER XXVIII
SOME EFFECTS OF THE GLACIAL PERIOD
CHAPTER XXIX
DRAINAGE BEFORE THE ICE AGE
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