ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA IN 1883
CHAPTER II SOME EFFECTS OF THE ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA
CHAPTER III THE VOLCANIC ISLAND OF HAWAII
CHAPTER IV THE VOLCANIC ISLAND OF ICELAND
CHAPTER V VESUVIUS
CHAPTER VI OTHER VOLCANOES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
CHAPTER VII ORIZABA, POPOCATEPETL, IXTACCIHUATL, AND OTHER VOLCANOES OF MEXICO
CHAPTER VIII COSEGUINA AND OTHER VOLCANOES OF CENTRAL AMERICA
CHAPTER IX THE VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH AMERICA
CHAPTER X VOLCANOES OF THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER XI THE CATASTROPHE OF MARTINIQUE AND THE VOLCANIC ISLANDS OF THE LESSER ANTILLES
CHAPTER XII SOME OTHER NOTED VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER XIII JORULLO, A YOUNG VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN
CHAPTER XIV MID-OCEAN VOLCANIC ISLANDS
CHAPTER XV SUBMARINE VOLCANOES
CHAPTER XVI DISTRIBUTION OF THE EARTH'S VOLCANOES
CHAPTER XVII VOLCANOES OF THE GEOLOGICAL PAST
CHAPTER XVIII LAPLACE'S NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
CHAPTER XIX THE EARTH'S HEATED INTERIOR, THE CAUSE OF VOLCANOES
CHAPTER XX SOME FORMS OF LAVA
CHAPTER XXI MUD VOLCANOES AND HOT SPRINGS
CHAPTER XXII THE VOLCANOES OF THE MOON
CHAPTER XXIII EARTHQUAKES
CHAPTER XXIV SOME OF THE PHENOMENA OF EARTHQUAKES
CHAPTER XXV THE EARTHQUAKE OF CALABRIA IN 1783
CHAPTER XXVI THE GREAT LISBON EARTHQUAKE OF 1755
CHAPTER XXVII THE EARTHQUAKE OF CUTCH, INDIA, IN 1819
CHAPTER XXVIII THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 18, 1906
CHAPTER XXIX SOME OTHER NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES
CHAPTER XXX SODOM AND GOMORRAH AND THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN
CHAPTER XXXI INSTRUMENTS FOR RECORDING AND MEASURING EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
CHAPTER XXXII SEAQUAKES
CHAPTER XXXIII THE DISTRIBUTION OF EARTHQUAKES
CHAPTER XXXIV THE CAUSES OF EARTHQUAKES
CHAPTER XXXV EARTHQUAKES OF THE GEOLOGICAL PAST CATACLYSMS
CHAPTER XXXVI THE KIMBERLY DIAMOND FIELDS AND THEIR VOLCANIC ORIGIN
CHAPTER XXXVII THE FABLED CONTINENT OF ATLANTIS
CHAPTER XXXVIII PLATO'S ACCOUNT OF ATLANTIS
CHAPTER XXXIX NATURE'S WARNING OF COMING EARTHQUAKES
FOOTNOTES:
THE
WONDER BOOK
OF
VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES
BY
Professor EDWIN J. HOUSTON, Ph.D.
NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
Publishers
Copyright, 1907, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company
All rights reserved
October, 1907