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A stone beside the road becomes a record of the earth's past in Elisha Gray's explanations of the natural world. Writing for readers with little scientific training, he uses familiar language to introduce geology and the forces that shape rock. The volume moves through three broad subjects, earth, air and water, with chapters on limestone, coal, salt, clouds, wind, tides and glaciers. Gray connects curiosity about ordinary surroundings with the study of consistent natural laws.
In the discussion of hail, descriptions of frozen snow and layers of ice sit beside historical reports of unusually large stones. Gray even pauses to joke about one account comparing a hailstone to an elephant. That mixture of explanation, reported observation and conversational humor gives the book its character.
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Book facts
- Author
- Elisha Gray
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 126
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Popular Science
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- PDF, EPUB, Read online