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| Author: | Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor |
| Category: | Translations Related To A Specific Art Of Science [Edit] |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Project Gutenberg |
| Release Date: | 28 Mar 2017 |
| Pages: | 228 |
| File Size: | 1.32 MB |
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| Creation Date: | 20 Jul 2022 |
| Rank: | 578,302 No 1 most popular |
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The Author Book Light Science for Leisure Hours A series of familiar essays on scientific subjects, natural phenomena, &c. and the author of 8 another books.
Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888
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.
Contents: 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.
Language: English
LoC Class: Q: Science
Subject: Science
Release Date: Mar 28, 2017
Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA.
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