CONTENTS 



PAGE 

 INTRODUCTION .......... 1 



PART I 

 THE LITHOSPHERE 



CHAPTER 



I. RELIEF FEATURES ........ 3 



II. THE WORK OF THE ATMOSPHERE ..... 18 



III. GROUND-WATER ........ 29 



IV. THE WORK OF RUNNING WATER ..... 49 

 V. THE WORK OF SNOW AND ICE ...... 101 



VI. LAKES AND SHORES ....... 143 



VII. VULCANISM 160 



VIII. CRUSTAL MOVEMENTS . . . . . . . 182 



IX. TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM ........ 202 



PART II 



EARTH RELATIONS 

 X. FORM OF EARTH, MOTIONS, LATITUDE, AND LONGITUDE . 205 



PART. Ill 

 THE ATMOSPHERE 



XI. GENERAL CONCEPTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE . . .217 



XII. CONSTITUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE . . . . 221 



XIII. TEMPERATURE OF THE AIR . . . . . . 226 



XIV. THE MOISTURE OF THE AIR ...... 251 



XV. ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE ....... 262 



XVI. GENERAL CIRCULATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE . . . 272 



XVII. WEATHER MAPS 283 



XVIII. CLIMATE . 308 



PART IV 

 THE OCEAN 



XIX. THE OCEAN AS A WHOLE, COMPOSITION, TEMPERATURE, 



AND MOVEMENTS OF SEA-WATER, AND LIFE OF THE SEA . 323 



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