Nature's Miracles: Familiar Talks on Science, Vol. 1.: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Nature's Miracles: Familiar Talks on Science, Vol. 1., credited to Elisha Gray, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Nature's Miracles: Familiar Talks on Science, Vol. 1., by Elisha Gray. 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. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Nature's Miracles: Familiar Talks on Science, Vol. 1.
• Author credits: Elisha Gray
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 30
• Listed recording duration: 5:44:48

Catalogue topics

• science
• earth
• air
• water

Opening tracks: first 24 of 30

1. 00 - Introduction — 5:47
2. 01 - Earth - Chapter I. World-building and Life — 15:14
3. 02 - Earth - Chapter II. Limestone — 15:05
4. 03 - Earth - Chapter III. Coal — 13:43
5. 04 - Earth - Chapter IV. Slate and Shale — 7:36
6. 05 - Earth - Chapter V. Salt — 6:45
7. 06 - Air - Chapter VI. The Atmosphere — 12:45
8. 07 - Air - Chapter VII. Air Temperature — 12:03
9. 08 - Air - Chapter VIII. Cloud Formation — 12:49
10. 09 - Air - Chapter IX. Cloud Formation (Continued) — 13:16
11. 10 - Air - Chapter X. Wind -- Why it Blows — 11:50
12. 11 - Air - Chapter XI. Wind (Continued) — 14:17
13. 12 - Air - Chapter XII. Local Winds — 13:59
14. 13 - Air - Chapter XIII. Weather Predictions — 7:06
15. 14 - Air - Chapter XIV. How Dew is Formed — 12:43
16. 15 - Air - Chapter XV. Hailstones and Snow — 7:34
17. 16 - Air - Chapter XVI. Meteors — 6:58
18. 17 - Air - Chapter XVII. The Sky and its Color — 14:41
19. 18 - Air - Chapter XVIII. Liquid Air — 7:46
20. 19 - Water - Chapter XIX. Rivers and Floods — 11:43
21. 20 - Water - Chapter XX. Tides — 6:29
22. 21 - Water - Chapter XXI. What is a Sponge? — 15:53
23. 22 - Water - Chapter XXII. Water and Ice — 7:10
24. 23 - Water - Chapter XXIII. Stored Energy in Water — 16:02

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