Nature's Miracles Volume 1: World Building and Life

Elisha Gray (1835 - 1901)

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)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Nature, Science

Language: English

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