02274cam a22003011 4500008629231MiAaHDL20250124000000.0m d cr bn ---auaua771213s1871 enk 000 0 eng 04033158//r86sdr-hvd.990063628050203941sdr-nyp.b137220790(MH)006362805HVD01-Aleph(MH)Aleph006362805(OCoLC)2312095DLCCMCHLSQ171.P952Proctor, Richard A.(Richard Anthony),1837-1888Light science for leisure hours.A series of familiar essays on scientific subjects, natural phenomena, &c. &c.by Richard A. Proctor ...London,Longmans, Green, and co.,1871.viii, 316 p. 20 cm.Strange discoveries respecting the aurora. -- The earth a magnet.--Our chief timepiece losing time.--Encke, the astronomer.--Venus on the sun's face.--Recent solar researches.--Government aid to science.--American alms for British science.--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 on horse races; or, The state of the odds.--Squaring the circle.--A new theory of Achilles' shield.Mode of access: Internet.ScienceAstronomyPopular worksSciencePopular worksSciencePopular worksfastOnline version:Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrmbkxmTQrGpcQpMBBkjC.Light science for leisure hours.London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1871(OCoLC)1485524348Electronic reproduction:Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888.Light science for leisure hours.London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1871(OCoLC)65695343100862923120020606163548.320250124000000.020250125060503.02025-01-25T14:15:20Z2025-01-09T18:30:02ZSDR-HVDhvdALMAprepare.pl-004-009BKsdr-hvd.990063628050203941hvdSDRHVD006362805hvd.hnwsz2HVD990063628050203941HVDHVD20250125googlehvd.hnwsz21871pdbibnon-US bib date1 < 1901NYPNYP20250716googlenyp.334330690727611871pdbibnon-US bib date1 < 1901