The electrical inventor Elisha Gray sets out to show that nature’s ordinary workings are as wonderful as any miracle while still obeying law. Addressing the reader directly, he talks through how the earth was built and how life appeared, then turns to limestone, coal, slate, salt and the behaviour of air and water, enlivened with anecdotes such as tales of giant hailstones.
A friendly Victorian popular-science book for curious readers who like their geology with a sense of wonder. Download the free EPUB.