@COMMENT { BibTex package created from National Library of Australia Catalogue http://catalogue.nla.gov.au } @Book{ nla.cat-vn1583571, author = { Proctor, Richard A. }, title = { Light science for leisure hours. A series of familiar essays on scientific subjects, natural phenomena, &c. &c. by Richard A. Proctor }, publisher = { Longmans, Green, and co., London, }, pages = { viii, 316 p. 20 cm. }, year = { 1871 }, type = { Book }, contents = { Strange discoveries respecting the aurora. -- The earth a magnet.--Our chief timepiece losing time.--Encke, the astronomer.--Venus on the sun's face.--Recent solar researches.--Government aid to science.--American alms for British science.--The secret of the North pole.--Is the Gulf Stream a myth?--Floods in Switzerland.--A great tidal wave.--Deep-sea dredgings.--The tunnel through Mont Cenis.--Tornadoes.--Vesuvius.--The earthquake in Peru.--The greatest sea-wave ever known.--The usefulness of earthquakes.--The forcing power of rain.--A shower of snow crystals.--Long shots.--Influence of marriage on the death-rate--The topographical survey of India.--A ship attacked by a sword-fish.--The safety-lamp.--The dust we have to breathe.--Photographic ghosts.--The Oxford and Cambridge rowing styles.--Betting on horse races; or, The state of the odds.--Squaring the circle.--A new theory of Achilles' shield }, language = { English }, subjects = { Science. }, life-dates = { 1871 - }, catalogue-url = { http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1583571 }, }