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Outlines of the Earth's History: A Popular Study in Physiography
Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
Start with the stellar realm and end with the tides: Shaler's popular physiography walks from the motions of the spheres and the constitution of the sun down to the earth itself, its atmosphere, its whirling storms, and its vast system of waters. Clear, sweeping, and made for the curious reader. A grand tour of the planet's workings, told without a single equation in the way.
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26 chapters
- 1PREFACE.
- 2CONTENTS.
- 3LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 4CHAPTER I. an introduction to the study of nature.
- 5CHAPTER II. ways and means of studying nature.
- 6CHAPTER III. the stellar realm.
- 7Motions of the Spheres.
- 8The Solar System.
- 9The Constitution of the Sun.
- 10CHAPTER IV. the earth.
- 11CHAPTER V. the atmosphere.
- 12Whirling Storms.
- 13The System of Waters.
- 14The Ocean Currents.
- 15The Circuit of the Rain.
- 16Geological Work of Water.
- 17Lakes.
- 18CHAPTER VI. glaciers.
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