The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes

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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


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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