Nature's Miracles Volume 1: World Building and Life


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Elisha Gray (August 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901) was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois and is considered by some writers to be the true inventor of the variable resistance telephone, despite losing out to Alexander Graham Bell for the telephone patent.

Nature's Miracles: Familiar Talks on Science, published in 1900, is a discussion of science and technology for the general public. Volume I is subtitled World Building and Life: Earth, Air and Water. (Summary from Wikipedia) (5 hr 44 min)

Chapitres

00 - Introduction 5:47 Lu par Steve Belleguelle
01 - Earth - Chapter I. World-building and Life 15:14 Lu par Lazuli
02 - Earth - Chapter II. Limestone 15:04 Lu par Lazuli
03 - Earth - Chapter III. Coal 13:43 Lu par Lazuli
04 - Earth - Chapter IV. Slate and Shale 7:35 Lu par Lazuli
05 - Earth - Chapter V. Salt 6:44 Lu par Matthew Reece
06 - Air - Chapter VI. The Atmosphere 12:45 Lu par Steve Belleguelle
07 - Air - Chapter VII. Air Temperature 12:03 Lu par Steve Belleguelle
08 - Air - Chapter VIII. Cloud Formation 12:48 Lu par Garth Burton
09 - Air - Chapter IX. Cloud Formation (Continued) 13:16 Lu par Garth Burton
10 - Air - Chapter X. Wind -- Why it Blows 11:49 Lu par Lonelle Yoder
11 - Air - Chapter XI. Wind (Continued) 14:17 Lu par Lonelle Yoder
12 - Air - Chapter XII. Local Winds 13:59 Lu par sparks0314
13 - Air - Chapter XIII. Weather Predictions 7:06 Lu par sparks0314
14 - Air - Chapter XIV. How Dew is Formed 12:43 Lu par Edith van der Have-Raats
15 - Air - Chapter XV. Hailstones and Snow 7:34 Lu par Edith van der Have-Raats
16 - Air - Chapter XVI. Meteors 6:57 Lu par Garth Burton
17 - Air - Chapter XVII. The Sky and its Color 14:41 Lu par Matthew Reece
18 - Air - Chapter XVIII. Liquid Air 7:46 Lu par Stephanie Lee
19 - Water - Chapter XIX. Rivers and Floods 11:42 Lu par Stephanie Lee
20 - Water - Chapter XX. Tides 6:28 Lu par Stephanie Lee
21 - Water - Chapter XXI. What is a Sponge? 15:53 Lu par Bev J Stevens
22 - Water - Chapter XXII. Water and Ice 7:09 Lu par MitchHerd
23 - Water - Chapter XXIII. Stored Energy in Water 16:02 Lu par Lazuli
24 - Water - Chapter XXIV. Why does Ice Float? 10:10 Lu par Lazuli
25 - Water - Chapter XXV. Glaciers 13:44 Lu par Lazuli
26 - Water - Chapter XXVI. Evidences and Theories of an Ice Age 15:37 Lu par Lazuli
27 - Water - Chapter XXVII. Glacial and Preglacial Lakes and Rivers 16:23 Lu par MitchHerd
28 - Water - Chapter XXVIII. Some Effects of the Glacial Period 12:17 Lu par Guero
29 - Water - Chapter XXIX. Drainage Before the Ice Age 7:32 Lu par MitchHerd

Critiques

Very full of interesting facts. I will surely listen to all


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(5 stars)

Fantastic book, very informative and great readers.