Light Science for Leisure Hours : (Registro nro. 95287)

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050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Proctor, Richard A.
Fuller form of name (Richard Anthony),
Dates associated with a name 1837-1888
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Light Science for Leisure Hours :
Remainder of title A series of familiar essays on scientific subjects, natural phenomena, &c.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Salt Lake City, UT :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Project Gutenberg,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2017
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Extent 1 online resource :
Other physical details multiple file formats
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General note Release date is 2017-03-28
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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 on horse races; or, The state of the odds -- Squaring the circle -- A new theory of Achilles' shield.
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Creation/production credits note Produced by Chris Curnow, Les Galloway and the Online<br/>Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This<br/>file was produced from images generously made available<br/>by The Internet Archive)
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "Light Science for Leisure Hours" by Richard A. Proctor is a collection of familiar essays on scientific subjects and natural phenomena written in the late 19th century. This work aims to make complex scientific ideas accessible and engaging to a general readership, reflecting Proctor's commitment to conveying scientific truths in a clear and enjoyable manner. The opening of the book introduces the captivating phenomenon of the aurora, describing its vivid and dynamic beauty as well as its mysterious connection to terrestrial magnetism. The author details how early observations of the magnetic needle's variations led to the discovery that these disturbances are often synchronized with auroras occurring far away. Proctor then elaborates on the implications of this connection, suggesting a deeper relationship between auroras, magnetic activity, and solar phenomena, inviting readers to explore the broader scientific implications of such natural displays. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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Uncontrolled term Science
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54455">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54455</a>

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