Wilson, J.F.

Earthquake and volcanoes;hot springs/ J. F. Wilson. - 1st ed. - Bibliobazaar: S.B.Newman, 1906. - 141 p. ; 20 cm.

Chapter I
Hypothesis
The Nebular Hypothesis

Chapter II
Causes of Volcanic Action
Temperature of the Earth

Chapter III
The Earth as a Member of the Solar System
The Moon
The Sun Stood Still
The Earth Turned Backward

Chapter IV
Our New Island in Polar Sea

Chapter V
The San Francisco Earthquake, What It Was and What It Teaches
Entire City Doomed to Destruction
Messages of Sympathy Wired to Stricken City
Earthquake Recorded on the Seismograph
Another and Graver Disaster Predicted
No Warning of Catastrophe
Greatest Calamity in California's History
Southern California Cities Dis Not Suffer
The Federal Government Extends Aid
Mayor's Proclamation
Freaks of the Earthquake
San Francisco Doomed to Total Destruction
The Earthquake in California Viewed in Connection with the Outbreak of Vesuvius
Congress Appropriates
Earthquake Shakes Michigan
Events Should Make Men Think
South Urged to Immediate Action
Brawley, California, Wiped Out by Earthquake
Earthquake at Los Angeles
Earthquake Causes Panic at Honolulu
Thirteen Earth Shocks at Tuscany
Shock at Moscow
Earthquake at Socorro, New Mexico
Report of the San Francisco Earthquake Investigating Committee
Chart Showing Why Certain Cities Were Disturbed More than Others

Chapter VI
The Valparaiso Earthquake, What it was and what it teaches
Destruction of Los Andese is Feared
Earth Tremors Recorded at Washington
One Hundred Thousand Persons are Homeless

Chapter VII
The Kingston Earthquake
The Mystery in Earthquakes
Vesuvius in Fury

Chapter VIII
The Cause of Earthquakes
Monthly Distribution of Earthquakes-Tables
Use of the Seismograph
Table Giving the World's Greatest Earthquakes

Chapter IX
Volcanoes
What is a Volcano?

Chapter X
Cycles of Volcanic Phenomena-Volcanic Fissures
Distribution of Volcanoes on the Earth-Descriptive
Kilauea, Hawaii
Periodical Volcanic Action
Volcanoes in the Economy of Nature

Chapter XI
Mud Volcanoes
Distribution of Volcanoes on the Earth-Table

Chapter XII
Hot Springs
Yellowstone National Park
Geysers

Chapter XIII
The Sun
The Earth
The Moon
Sun-Spots

Chapter XIV
When Will the Old Earth Die?


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