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by Duncan C. Blanchard
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ISBN: 0486434877 Dover Publications Price: $11.95 |
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What size and shapes are raindrops? Where do they come from? What happens when sea and air meet? These and many other questions take readers into the realms of meteorology, oceanography, physics, chemistry, and volcanology. "Packed with interesting and significant information." — Florida Scientist. 57 photographs and illustrations.
Unabridged republication of the edition published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1967.
Table of Contents for From Raindrops to Volcanoes: Adventures with Sea Surface Meteorology
| 1. The Flight of the Raindrops. | |||||||
| 2. Who Says a Raindrop Is Tear-Shaped? | |||||||
| 3. The Origin of Raindrops. | |||||||
| 4. The Surface of the Sea. | |||||||
| 5. Expulsion from Flatland. | |||||||
| 6. Drops in the Air. | |||||||
| 7. Something About Electricity. | |||||||
| 8. Electricity from the Sea. | |||||||
| 9. Volcanoes, Sea Water, and Electricity. | |||||||
| 10. A Volcano at the Surface of the Sea. | |||||||
| Epilogue. | |||||||
| Suggested Reading. | |||||||
| Index. |