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The Earth's Beginning

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Nature, Gardens & Animals

The Earth's Beginning

Robert Stawell Ball

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Out of a glowing cloud of fire-mist, a world was born. Robert Ball tells the story of the earth's origin and the sun that warms it, weaving nebulae, heat, and the great questions of cosmic beginnings into vivid popular science. Clear and enthralling from a master lecturer. Look back to the fiery dawn of our planet and its star.

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43 chapters

  1. 1THE EARTH’S BEGINNING
  2. 2FOREWORD
  3. 3CONTENTS
  4. 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.
  6. 6CHAPTER II. THE PROBLEM STATED.
  7. 7CHAPTER III. THE FIRE-MIST.
  8. 8CHAPTER IV. NEBULÆ—APPARENT AND REAL.
  9. 9CHAPTER V. THE HEAT OF THE SUN.
  10. 10CHAPTER VI. HOW THE SUN’S HEAT IS MAINTAINED.
  11. 11CHAPTER VII. THE HISTORY OF THE SUN.
  12. 12CHAPTER VIII. THE EARTH’S BEGINNING.
  13. 13CHAPTER IX. EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES.
  14. 14CHAPTER X. SPIRAL AND PLANETARY NEBULÆ.
  15. 15CHAPTER XI. THE UNERRING GUIDE.
  16. 16CHAPTER XII. THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
  17. 17CHAPTER XIII. THE UNITY OF MATERIAL IN THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
  18. 18CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST CONCORD.

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