How to Use the Popular Science Library; History of Science; General IndexServiss, Garrett Putman
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How to Use the Popular Science Library; History of Science; General Index
Serviss, Garrett Putman
Popular science library; Science -- History
Mountains, Mountain Ranges, xiv, 224-6;
atmospheric pressure on, i, 28, iv, 114-15, 170, ii, 245;
block, iii, 138-9, xiv, 117, 226;
boiling point of water on, viii, 303;
Brocken specters, i, 184-5;
cirques of corries on, xiv, 58;
civilization of, xv, 129-31;
cloud caps and banners, i, 104-5;
coast lines and, xiv, 248, 249;
distinguished from plateaus, 28;
economic importance, 237-9, 245;
ephemeral character, iii, 11, 12, 130, xiv, 235;
faulted, iii, 138-9, xiv, 226;
folded, iii, 131-8, xiv, 36, 93-4, 96, 226-34;
forests on, xiv, 238-9;
formed by erosion of plateaus, iii, 139-40, xiv, 225, 226;
formation complex, iii, 140-1;
granite cores of, 112, xiv, 110-11;
heights determined by barometers, 124;
hot springs of, 143;
igneous intrusions, 228, 230, 232-3, 234;
influence of, on human history, 10, 236-45, xv, 136, 137-8;
lightning dangers, i, 156;
making of in various eras, iii, 187-91, 205-6, 213-14, 218-19, 224-6;
metamorphism in, xiv, 234;
old and young, 235-6;
ores and mines, 234, 237-8;
peoples of, 245, xv, 129-31;
plants and animals of, xiii, 321, 381, xiv, 365-6, 370, 376-7;
rainfall and, i, 111, xiv, 354-5;
rime on, i, 121-2;
rock weathering on, iii, 23, 24, xiv, 40, 233-4;
ruggedness due to erosion, 234;
St. Elmo's Fire, i, 157;
shadows in sky, 169-70;
snow-line on, iv, 183-4;
solar radiation on, i, 210;
sound intensity on, 186;
structural topography of, xiv, 94;
stunted trees, xiii, 367;
temperature on high, i, 19;
volcanic, iii, 139, xiv, 225-6, 327
(see also Volcanic Cones);
weighing of, ii, 68-9;
wind types, i, 132-3
Mountain Sickness, i, 328, ii, 144, 150
Mountain Streams, harnessing of, v, 79-81;
material transported by, xiv, 52, 233-4
Mountain Systems, xiv, 227
Mount Wilson Observatory, ii, 147-8;
program and equipment, 152-61
Mouse-hunter (weasel), xii, 349
Mousterian Implements, xv, 100, 105, 107-8
Mouth, cavity as resonance chamber, iv, 232;
dryness of, in fear, ix, 166;
germs in, x, 201, 202, 219, 289;
grasping organ, ix, 82;
opening of, in concussions, xi, 101;
"watering" of, cause, ix, 165
Movement, perceptions of, xi, 165, 166, 170-1, 184, 185
(see also Motion)
Moving Bodies, deflection by earth's rotation, i, 124-5, xiv, 32, 348;
old theory of, ii, 63
Moving Pictures, iv, 347-9;
business men and, xi, 340;
color reproduction in, iv, 369;
facial expressions in, xv, 63;
of eclipses, ii, 212
Moving Picture Machines, v, 329-31;
mercury arc rectifiers in, vi, 333
Moving Star Clusters, ii, 341-4, 379
Mozambique Channel, xiv, 273
Mudfish, xii, 152
Mud Hens, xii, 262
Mud Puppy, xii, 171
Mufflers, automobile, v, 165
Mulberry Tree, fruit, xiii, 55, 226;
paper from, v, 290
Mule Killers, xii, 167
Mullein, hairy covering, xiii, 105
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