Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place By: Julia Ellen Rogers
First Page: [Illustration: Pike's Peak, Colorado] EARTH and SKY EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW EASY STUDIES OF THE EARTH AND THE STARS FOR ANY TIME AND PLACE BY JULIA ELLEN ROGERS AUTHOR OF "THE TREE BOOK," "THE SHELL BOOK," "KEY TO THE NATURE LIBRARY," "TREES EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW." ILLUSTRATED BY THIRTY ONE PAGES OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGS [Illustration] NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY PUBLISHED, OCTOBER, 1910 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A number of the photographs in this volume are used by permission of the American Museum of Natural History. The star maps and drawings of the constellations are by Mrs. Jerome B. Thomas. The poem by Longfellow, quoted in part, is with the permission of the publishers, Houghton, Mifflin & Co. CONTENTS PART I. THE EARTH PAGE THE GREAT STONE BOOK 3 THE FOSSIL FISH 6 THE CRUST OF THE EARTH 9 WHAT IS THE EARTH MADE OF? 14 THE FIRST DRY LAND 22 A STUDY OF GRANITE 27 METAMORPHIC ROCKS 31 THE AIR IN MOTION 35 THE WORK OF THE WIND 44 RAIN IN SUMMER, by Henry W. Longfellow 50 WHAT BECOMES OF THE RAIN? 51 THE SOIL IN FIELDS AND GARDENS 58 THE WORK OF EARTHWORMS 63 QUIET FORCES THAT DESTROY ROCKS 68 HOW ROCKS ARE MADE 72 GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH A RIVER 78 THE WAYS OF RIVERS 84 THE STORY OF A POND 90 THE RIDDLE OF THE LOST ROCKS 93 THE QUESTION ANSWERED 96 GLACIERS AMONG THE ALPS 98 THE GREAT ICE SHEET 104 FOLLOWING SOME LOST RIVERS 110 THE MAMMOTH CAVE OF KENTUCKY 114 LAND BUILDING BY RIVERS 121 THE MAKING OF MOUNTAINS 126 THE LAVA FLOOD OF THE NORTHWEST 130 THE FIRST LIVING THINGS 134 AN ANCIENT BEACH AT EBB TIDE 138 THE LIME ROCKS 147 THE AGE OF FISHES 152 KING COAL 155 HOW COAL WAS MADE 160 THE MOST USEFUL METAL 167 THE AGE OF REPTILES 175 THE AGE OF MAMMALS 180 THE HORSE AND HIS ANCESTORS 186 THE AGE OF MAN 194 PART II. THE SKY EVERY FAMILY A "STAR CLUB" 201 THE DIPPERS AND THE POLE STAR 207 CONSTELLATIONS YOU CAN ALWAYS SEE 213 WINTER CONSTELLATIONS 219 ORION, HIS DOGS, AND THE BULL 223 SEVEN FAMOUS CONSTELLATIONS 231 THE TWENTY BRIGHTEST STARS 239 HOW TO LEARN MORE 241 ILLUSTRATIONS Pike's Peak Frontispiece FACING PAGE Sand Dunes in Arizona 44 Grand Cañon of the Colorado 45 Castles Carved by Rain and Wind 52 Where All the Water Comes From 53 The Richest Gold and Silver Mines 72 Rocks Being Ground to Flour 73 A Pond Made by a Glacier 88 The Struggle Between a Stream and Its Banks 89 Ripple Marks and Glacial Striæ 102 Glacial Grooves and Markings 103 Crinoid and Ammonite 140 Fossil Corals, Coquina, Hippurite Limestone 141 Fossil Fish 152 Meteorite 153 Eocene Fish and Trilobite 156 How Coal Was Made 157 Banded Sandstone... Continue reading book >>

Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place By: Julia Ellen Rogers

First Page:

[Illustration: Pike's Peak, Colorado]

EARTH and SKY EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW

EASY STUDIES OF THE EARTH AND THE STARS FOR ANY TIME AND PLACE

JULIA ELLEN ROGERS

AUTHOR OF "THE TREE BOOK," "THE SHELL BOOK," "KEY TO THE NATURE LIBRARY," "TREES EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW."

ILLUSTRATED BY THIRTY ONE PAGES OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGS

[Illustration]

NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS

PUBLISHED, OCTOBER, 1910

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A number of the photographs in this volume are used by permission of the American Museum of Natural History. The star maps and drawings of the constellations are by Mrs. Jerome B. Thomas. The poem by Longfellow, quoted in part, is with the permission of the publishers, Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

CONTENTS

PART I. THE EARTH

PAGE

THE GREAT STONE BOOK 3

THE FOSSIL FISH 6

THE CRUST OF THE EARTH 9

WHAT IS THE EARTH MADE OF? 14

THE FIRST DRY LAND 22

A STUDY OF GRANITE 27

METAMORPHIC ROCKS 31

THE AIR IN MOTION 35

THE WORK OF THE WIND 44

RAIN IN SUMMER, by Henry W. Longfellow 50

WHAT BECOMES OF THE RAIN? 51

THE SOIL IN FIELDS AND GARDENS 58

THE WORK OF EARTHWORMS 63

QUIET FORCES THAT DESTROY ROCKS 68

HOW ROCKS ARE MADE 72

GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH A RIVER 78

THE WAYS OF RIVERS 84

THE STORY OF A POND 90

THE RIDDLE OF THE LOST ROCKS 93

THE QUESTION ANSWERED 96

GLACIERS AMONG THE ALPS 98

THE GREAT ICE SHEET 104

FOLLOWING SOME LOST RIVERS 110

THE MAMMOTH CAVE OF KENTUCKY 114

LAND BUILDING BY RIVERS 121

THE MAKING OF MOUNTAINS 126

THE LAVA FLOOD OF THE NORTHWEST 130

THE FIRST LIVING THINGS 134

AN ANCIENT BEACH AT EBB TIDE 138

THE LIME ROCKS 147

THE AGE OF FISHES 152

KING COAL 155

HOW COAL WAS MADE 160

THE MOST USEFUL METAL 167

THE AGE OF REPTILES 175

THE AGE OF MAMMALS 180

THE HORSE AND HIS ANCESTORS 186

THE AGE OF MAN 194

PART II. THE SKY

EVERY FAMILY A "STAR CLUB" 201

THE DIPPERS AND THE POLE STAR 207

CONSTELLATIONS YOU CAN ALWAYS SEE 213

WINTER CONSTELLATIONS 219

ORION, HIS DOGS, AND THE BULL 223

SEVEN FAMOUS CONSTELLATIONS 231

THE TWENTY BRIGHTEST STARS 239

HOW TO LEARN MORE 241

ILLUSTRATIONS

Pike's Peak Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

Sand Dunes in Arizona 44

Grand Cañon of the Colorado 45

Castles Carved by Rain and Wind 52

Where All the Water Comes From 53

The Richest Gold and Silver Mines 72

Rocks Being Ground to Flour 73

A Pond Made by a Glacier 88

The Struggle Between a Stream and Its Banks 89

Ripple Marks and Glacial Striæ 102

Glacial Grooves and Markings 103

Crinoid and Ammonite 140

Fossil Corals, Coquina, Hippurite Limestone 141

Fossil Fish 152

Meteorite 153

Eocene Fish and Trilobite 156

How Coal Was Made 157

Banded Sandstone... Continue reading book >>

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