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LEADER: 01517nam 2200217Ii 4500
001 2778907
005 19880528134917.0
008 780502s1886 enk 000 0 eng d
035 $a(OCoLC)03853586
035 $907-AJN-2847
040 $aLYU$cLYU$dm/c$dCLU
100 1 $aProctor, Richard A.$q(Richard Anthony),$d1837-1888.
245 10 $aLight science for leisure hours :$ba series of familiar essays on scientific subjects, natural phenomena, &c. /$cby Richard A. Proctor.
250 $aNew ed.
260 $aLondon :$bLongmans, Green, and Co.,$c1886.
300 $ax, 314 p. ;$c20 cm.
505 0 $aStrange 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 horse races: or, The state of the odds.--Squaring the circle.--A new theory of Achilles' shield.
650 0 $aScience.
910 $arcp 10/2
935 $aMC4382398
910 $aMARS