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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)

Chapters

00 - Introduction

5:47

Read by Steve Belleguelle

01 - Earth - Chapter I. World-building and Life

15:14

Read by Lazuli

02 - Earth - Chapter II. Limestone

15:04

Read by Lazuli

03 - Earth - Chapter III. Coal

13:43

Read by Lazuli

04 - Earth - Chapter IV. Slate and Shale

7:35

Read by Lazuli

05 - Earth - Chapter V. Salt

6:44

Read by Matthew Reece

06 - Air - Chapter VI. The Atmosphere

12:45

Read by Steve Belleguelle

07 - Air - Chapter VII. Air Temperature

12:03

Read by Steve Belleguelle

08 - Air - Chapter VIII. Cloud Formation

12:48

Read by Garth Burton

09 - Air - Chapter IX. Cloud Formation (Continued)

13:16

Read by Garth Burton

10 - Air - Chapter X. Wind -- Why it Blows

11:49

Read by Lonelle Yoder

11 - Air - Chapter XI. Wind (Continued)

14:17

Read by Lonelle Yoder

12 - Air - Chapter XII. Local Winds

13:59

Read by sparks0314

13 - Air - Chapter XIII. Weather Predictions

7:06

Read by sparks0314

14 - Air - Chapter XIV. How Dew is Formed

12:43

Read by Edith van der Have-Raats

15 - Air - Chapter XV. Hailstones and Snow

7:34

Read by Edith van der Have-Raats

16 - Air - Chapter XVI. Meteors

6:57

Read by Garth Burton

17 - Air - Chapter XVII. The Sky and its Color

14:41

Read by Matthew Reece

18 - Air - Chapter XVIII. Liquid Air

7:46

Read by Stephanie Lee

19 - Water - Chapter XIX. Rivers and Floods

11:42

Read by Stephanie Lee

20 - Water - Chapter XX. Tides

6:28

Read by Stephanie Lee

21 - Water - Chapter XXI. What is a Sponge?

15:53

Read by Bev J Stevens

22 - Water - Chapter XXII. Water and Ice

7:09

Read by MitchHerd

23 - Water - Chapter XXIII. Stored Energy in Water

16:02

Read by Lazuli

24 - Water - Chapter XXIV. Why does Ice Float?

10:10

Read by Lazuli

25 - Water - Chapter XXV. Glaciers

13:44

Read by Lazuli

26 - Water - Chapter XXVI. Evidences and Theories of an Ice Age

15:37

Read by Lazuli

27 - Water - Chapter XXVII. Glacial and Preglacial Lakes and Rivers

16:23

Read by MitchHerd

28 - Water - Chapter XXVIII. Some Effects of the Glacial Period

12:17

Read by Guero

29 - Water - Chapter XXIX. Drainage Before the Ice Age

7:32

Read by MitchHerd

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

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Fantastic book, very informative and great readers.