Cosmos

I. Celestial Portion of the Cosmos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 83-154 II. Terrestrial Portion of the Cosmos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 154-359 a. Form of the earth, its mean density, quantity of heat, electro-magnetic activity, process of light -- p. 154-202. b. Vital activity of the earth toward its external surface. Reaction of the interior of a planet on its crust and surface. Subterranean noise without waves of concussion. Earthquakes dynamic phenomena -- p. 202-217. c. Material products which frequently accompany earthquakes. Gaseous and aqueous springs. Salses and mud volcanoes. Upheavals of the soil by elastic forces -- p. 217-228. d. Fire-emitting mountains. Craters of elevation. Distribution of volcanoes on the earth -- p. 228-247. e. Volcanic forces form new kinds of rock, and metamorphose those already existing. Geognostical classification of rocks into four groups. Phenomena of contact. Fossiliferous strata; their vertical arrangement. The faunas and floras of an earlier world. Distribution of masses of rock -- p. 247-384. f. Geognostical epochs, which are indicated by the mineralogical difference of rocks, have determined the distribution of solids and fluids into continents and seas. Individual configuration of solids into horizontal expansion and vertical elevation. Relations of area. Articulation. Probability of the continued elevation of the earth's crust in ridges -- p. 284-301.