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A wide-ranging compendium assembles descriptive and pictorial accounts of extraordinary natural phenomena, scientific achievements, and architectural and technological curiosities. Organized into topical sections—mountains and glaciers, subterranean caverns, mines and gems, oceanic features, waterfalls, springs and lakes, atmospheric and seismic phenomena, buried cities, and monuments and engineering feats—it provides illustrated descriptions, explanatory notes, and accounts drawn from travelers and scientific authorities. Entries emphasize observable facts over sensational tales, summarize causes and notable examples, and aim to inform general readers and families while appealing to those interested in natural history, geography, and applied arts.

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Title: The wonders of the world

a complete museum, descriptive and pictorial, of the wonderful phenomena and results of nature, science and art

Author: John Loraine Abbott

Release date: January 4, 2025 [eBook #75040]

Language: English

Original publication: Hartford: Case, Tiffany & Co, 1856

Credits: Brian Coe, KD Weeks, Thiers Halliwell, who created the book cover, which is placed in the public domain and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was created from images of public domain material made available by the University of Toronto Libraries.)

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Wonders
of the
World.

THE

WONDERS OF THE WORLD:

A
COMPLETE MUSEUM, DESCRIPTIVE AND PICTORIAL,
OF THE
WONDERFUL PHENOMENA AND RESULTS
OF
NATURE, SCIENCE AND ART.
BY
JOHN LORAINE ABBOTT.
ILLUSTRATED FROM ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY BILLINGS AND OTHERS.
Hartford:
PUBLISHED BY CASE, TIFFANY AND COMPANY.
1856.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by
CASE, TIFFANY AND COMPANY,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Connecticut.