Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's HistoryPublished in 1890, this book examines the meteorological or geological conditions due to which various disasters have taken place. The writer investigates catastrophes like hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc., from ancient times to the 1800s in different parts of the world. It is a perfect way to learn about the laws of nature. |
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TORNADOES AND CYCLONES | |
THE LOUISVILLE TORNADO | |
INCIDENTS OF THE TORNADO | |
Charybdis While it has been designed to avoid merely scientific data | |
OTHER TORNADOES | |
AN ACCOUNT OF METHODS OF PREDICTION | |
THE FLOOD OF 1890 | |
THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD | |
INCIDENTS AT JOHNSTOWN | |
RELIEF MEASURES | |
FAMINE AND PESTILENCE | |
THE VOLCANO | |
GREAT ERUPTIONS OF VESUVIUS | |
OTHER GREAT ERUPTIONS | |
TROPICAL CYCLONES | |
PERILS OF THE | |
LIFESAVING MEASURES | |
GREAT SAMOAN HURRICANE | |
ELECTRIC STORMS | |
RAIN HAIL AND SNOW | |
FLOODS IN THE SOUTH | |
EARTHQUAKES | |
EUROPEAN EARTHQUAKES | |
EARTHQUAKES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND | |
of manifold character when there is seldom room for astonishment | |
EARTHQUAKES IN TROPICAL AMERICA | |
PREDICTION AND PREVENTION | |
MYTHS OF THE WINDS | |
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appearance break buildings carried cause clouds coast comparatively continued cyclone damage danger dark dead death deep destroyed destruction direction distance drowned earth earthquake electric entirely eruption escaped fact fall fearful feet fell fifty fire five flood followed force four ground half hand heard height hills hour houses hundred island Italy killed known land later lava less levee light lives loss lost lower mass miles mountain nearly never night observed occurred once passed persons portion present produced rain reached recorded region remained result rise river roar rolled ruins rushed seemed seen ship shock shore side South stone storm story stream streets struck swept terrible thousand thunder tornado town trees turned vessels violent volcano walls waves whole wind wreck
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| Naslov | Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History |
| Avtor | Allen Howard Godbey |
| Založnik | Good Press, 2019 |
| Dolžina | 9679 strani |
| Izvozi navedbo | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |