Familiar Talks on Science

Familiar Talks on Science
Elisha Gray, american electrical engineer (1835-1901)

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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- INTRODUCTION
-03- WORLD BUILDING AND LIFE
-04- LIMESTONE
-05- COAL
-06- SLATE AND SHALE
-07- SALT
-08- THE ATMOSPHERE
-09- AIR TEMPERATURE
-10- CLOUD FORMATION EVAPORATION
-11- CLOUD FORMATION CONTINUED
-12- WIND WHY IT BLOWS
-13- WIND CONTINUED
-14- LOCAL WINDS
-15- WEATHER PREDICTIONS
-16- HOW DEW IS FORMED
-17- HAILSTONES AND SNOW
-18- METEORS
-19- THE SKY AND ITS COLOR
-20- LIQUID AIR
-21- RIVERS AND FLOODS
-22- TIDES
-23- WHAT IS A SPONGE
-24- WATER AND ICE
-25- STORED ENERGY IN WATER
-26- WHY DOES ICE FLOAT
-27- GLACIERS
-28- EVIDENCES AND THEORIES OF AN ICE AGE
-29- GLACIAL AND PREGLACIAL LAKES AND RIVERS
-30- SOME EFFECTS OF THE GLACIAL PERIOD
-31- DRAINAGE BEFORE THE ICE AGE