01701cam a2200265Ii 4500007670577MiAaHDL20110628000000.0m d cr bn ---auaua780502s1886 enk 000 0 eng dsdr-srlf2778907277890707-AJN-2847(OCoLC)3853586LYULYUm/cCLUProctor, Richard A.(Richard Anthony),1837-1888.Light science for leisure hours :a series of familiar essays on scientific subjects, natural phenomena, &c. /by Richard A. Proctor.New ed.London :Longmans, Green, and Co.,1886.x, 314 p. ;20 cm.Strange 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.Mode of access: Internet.Science.00767057720080101203446.020110628000000.020181119104545.02018-11-19T20:34:18Z2010-05-03T07:31:50ZSDR-SRLFEX LIBRIS - VOYAGERprepare.pl-004-008BKsdr-srlf2778907uc2SDRISRLFuc2.ark:/13960/t71v5cw6nUC2778907ia.lightscienceforl00procialaia.lightscienceforl00procialaUCISRLF20181119iauc2.ark:/13960/t71v5cw6n1886pdbibnon-US bib date1 < 1901