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Volcanoes and Vulcanology (1885-1917)

Read by J. M. Smallheer


Various


This is a collection of short scientific articles on the study of volcanoes and related seismic activity published in Knowledge, A Monthly R…

Micrographia

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Robert Hooke


Published in 1665, this is the first publication of the Royal Society and considered to be the first scientific best-seller. As opposed to t…

A Text-book of Assaying

Read by Peter Yearsley


Cornelius Beringer and Cornelius Beringerandjohn Jacob Beringer


This is a formal but relaxed text covering assaying techniques for most of the substances which are mined. As the authors say: "At firs…

Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement

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Alva Agee


This book is not a technical treatise and is designed only to point out the plain, every-day facts in the natural scheme of making and keepi…

The Life of a Fossil Hunter

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Charles Sternberg


Charles Sternberg was an American fossil collector and paleontologist. He was active in both fields from 1876 to 1928, and collected fossils…

The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Volume 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition' (Ver…

Read by Steve Gough


Robert Falcon Scott


Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the Antarctic Pole in 1911 is part triumph, part tragedy – but also a mythic adventure story which has …

Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II: Impacts, Risks and Adaption in t…

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USGCRP, Usgcrp and Us Global Change Research Program


Are you interested in learning about climate change and its current and future effects on the United States? The Fourth National Climate Ass…

The Romance of Modern Geology

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Edwin Sharpe Grew


From the series, The Library of Romance, this book introduces the reader to the modern geology of the 1909, with topics that include the bui…

Titan Of Chasms: The Grand Canyon Of Arizona

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Charles F. Lummis


This is a 1906 collection of three essays by men famously associated with The Grand Canyon: Charles A. Higgins, John Wesley Powell, and Cha…

The Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side Vol 1 No 1

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Various


This is the first issue of a monthly agricultural magazine for the year 1820. From the introduction: "A leading object of the Rural Ma…

U. S. Energy Sector Vulnerabilities to Climate Change and Extreme Weather

Read by Patrick McHaffie


United States Department Of Energy


This report—part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to support national climate change adaptation planning through the Interagency Climat…

The Movement and Habits of Climbing Plants

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Charles Darwin


A technical report of the experiments and observations performed on various species of twining, tendril-climbing, root-climbing, and leaf-cl…

The Rivers and Valleys of Pennsylvania, Part 1

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 3

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William Morris Davis (1850-1934) and National Geographic Society


National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 3 published in 1889. Topics of articles are: The Rivers and Valleys of Pennsylvania Topogra…

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