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The Subterranean World

by G. Hartwig

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  1. 1Note
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Chapter I — Geological Revolutions
  4. 4Chapter II — Fossils
  5. 5Chapter III — Subterranean Heat
  6. 6Chapter IV — Subterranean Upheavals and Depressions
  7. 7Chapter V — Subterranean Waters and Artesian Wells
  8. 8Chapter VI — Volcanoes
  9. 9Chapter VII — Destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii
  10. 10Chapter VIII — Gas Springs and Mud Volcanoes
  11. 11Chapter IX — Earthquakes
  12. 12Chapter X — The Great Earthquake of Lisbon
  13. 13Chapter XI — Landslips
  14. 14Chapter XII — On Caves in General
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Cave Rivers
  16. 16Chapter XIV — Subterranean Life
  17. 17Chapter XV — Caves as Places of Refuge
  18. 18Chapter XVI — Hermit Caves — Rock Temples — Rock Churches
  19. 19Chapter XVII — Ice-Caves and Wind-Holes
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — Rock Tombs and Catacombs
  21. 21Chapter XIX — Caves Containing Remains of Extinct Animals
  22. 22Chapter XX — Subterranean Relics of Prehistoric Man
  23. 23Chapter XXI — Troglodytes or Cave-Dwellers — Cannibal Caves
  24. 24Chapter XXII — Tunnels
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — On Mines in General
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — Gold
  27. 27Chapter XXV — Silver
  28. 28Chapter XXVI — Copper
  29. 29Chapter XXVII — Tin
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII — Iron
  31. 31Chapter XXIX — Lead
  32. 32Chapter XXX — Mercury
  33. 33Chapter XXXI — The New Metals
  34. 34Chapter XXXII — Coal
  35. 35Chapter XXXIII — Bituminous Substances
  36. 36Chapter XXXIV — Salt
  37. 37Chapter XXXV — Sulphur
  38. 38Chapter XXXVI — Amber
  39. 39Chapter XXXVII — Miscellaneous Mineral Substances Used in the Indus…
  40. 40Chapter XXXVIII — Celebrated Quarries
  41. 41Chapter XXXIX — Precious Stones

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