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)

Kapitel

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

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