{"id":1070,"date":"2019-05-20T16:09:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T16:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=1070"},"modified":"2022-09-12T10:26:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T10:26:25","slug":"handbook-of-nature-study-earth-and-sky-by-anna-b-comstock","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/handbook-of-nature-study-earth-and-sky-by-anna-b-comstock\/","title":{"rendered":"Handbook of Nature Study: Earth and Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Handbook of Nature Study: Earth and Sky<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

by Anna B. Comstock<\/p>\n

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Description: <\/span>In the thirteenth section of Handbook of Nature Study the reader is introduced to the rocks and minerals that are common on the surface and the role that water plays in changing the landscape. An examination of the components of the soil follows, along with experiments that help the reader understand the characteristics of the different types of soil. Next comes a substantial segment on weather. Moving to the heavens, a guide to the constellations of summer and winter is presented, together with lessons on the sun and the moon.<\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ages:  <\/strong>12-18<\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Ebook<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span>  <\/span><\/strong>Black and white<\/span><\/em>Year Published:<\/strong>  2013<\/em>ISBN:  <\/strong>978-1-59915-616-3<\/em>\u200b<\/em>Genres:<\/strong>  Natural History, Nature Study<\/em> <\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Brook 2. How a Brook Drops Its Load 3. Crystal Growth 4. Salt 5. How To Study Minerals 6. Quartz 7. Feldspar 8. Mica 9. Granite 10. Calcite, Marble, and Limestone 11. The Magnet 12. The Soil 13. Water Forms 14. The Weather 15. Experiments To Show Air Pressure 16. The Barometer <\/em><\/p>\n

17. How To Read Weather Maps 18. The Story of the Stars 19. How To Begin Star Study 20. Cassiopeia’s Chair, Cepheus, and the Dragon 21. The Winter Stars 22. Aldebaran and the Pleiades 23. The Two Dog Stars, Sirius and Procyon 24. Capella and the Heavenly Twins 25. The Stars of Summer 26. The Sun 27. The Tropic of Cancer and Planting of the Garden 28. The Zodiac and Its Signs 29. The Relations of the Sun to the Earth 30. How To Make a Sundial 31. The Moon<\/em><\/p>\n

An Inside View…<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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