CHAPTER I THE ANATOMY OF THE ATMOSPHERE CHAPTER II THE RESOURCES OF THE ATMOSPHERE CHAPTER III THE ATMOSPHERE AS A HIGHWAY CHAPTER IV DUST AND SMOKE IN THE ATMOSPHERE CHAPTER V WEATHER AND WEATHER INSTRUMENTS CHAPTER IX ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY CHAPTER XI ATMOSPHERIC ACOUSTICS CHAPTER XII CLIMATE AND CLIMATES CHAPTER XIII ORGANIZED METEOROLOGY CHAPTER XIV WEATHER MAPS AND FORECASTS CHAPTER XV AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY CHAPTER XVI COMMERCIAL METEOROLOGY CHAPTER XVII MARINE METEOROLOGY CHAPTER XVIII AERONAUTICAL METEOROLOGY CHAPTER XIX MILITARY METEOROLOGY CHAPTER XX MEDICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL METEOROLOGY CHAPTER XXII ATMOSPHERIC BYWAYS 1. IGNIS FATUUS, OR WILL-O'-THE-WISP Transcriber's note A tornado near Elmwood, Nebraska. A painting made from what is probably one of the most remarkable photographs ever taken of a tornado. The original photograph was made in two parts, as the photographer was too close to get the whole funnel cloud into the field of his camera. (Photograph by G. B. Pickwell) Popular Science Library EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AUTHORS WILLIAM J. MILLER HIPPOLYTE GRUENER A. RUSSELL BOND ARRANGED IN SIXTEEN VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED VOLUME ONE P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY Copyright 1922 MANUFACTURED IN U. S. A. METEOROLOGY |