The eruption of Krakatoa : and subsequent phenomena /

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Corporate author / creator:Royal Society (Great Britain). Krakatoa Committee.
Imprint:London : Printed by Harrison and Sons, and published by Trübner & Co., 1888.
Description:1 p.l., xvi, 494 p., 1 l. : col. double front., ill., plates (partly col.) maps (partly fold.) tables (partly fold.) diagrs. (partly fold.) ; 31 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/864401
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Other authors / contributors:Symons, G. J. (George James), 1838-1900.
Judd, John W. (John Wesley), 1840-1916.
Strachey, Richard, Sir, 1817-1908.
Wharton, W. J. L. (William James Lloyd), 1843-1905.
Evans, F. J. (Frederick John), 1815-1885.
Russell, Francis Albert Rollo, 1849-
Archibald, Douglas, 1851-
Whipple, George Mathews, 1842-1893.
Notes:"List of some of the principal books and papers published respecting the phenomena reported upon": p. vii-x.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. On the volcanic phenomena of the eruption, and on the nature and distribution of the ejected materials / By J.W. Judd
  • pt. II. On the air waves and sounds caused by the eruption of Krakatoa in August, 1883 / Prepared in the Meteorological office, and presented by R. Strachey
  • pt. III. On the seismic sea waves caused by the eruption of Krakatoa, August 26th and 27th, 1883 / By W.J.L. Wharton ... in completion of the unfinished notes of Sir F.J. Evans
  • pt. IV. On the unusual optical phenomena of the atmosphere, 1883-6, including twilight effects, coronal appearances, sky haze, coloured suns, moons, &c. / By F.A. Rollo Russell and E. Douglas Archibald
  • pt. V. Report on the magnetical and electrical phenomena accompanying the Krakatoa explosion. Prepared at the request of the Kew committee / by G.M. Whipple.