William R. Corliss (1926–2011)
Auteur van Handbook of Unusual Natural Phenomena
Over de Auteur
Fotografie: William R. Corliss [source: Nuclear Propulsion for Space, 1971, page 58]
Reeksen
Werken van William R. Corliss
Ancient Structures—Remarkable Pyramids, Forts, Towers, Stone Chambers, Cities, Complexes (2001) 17 exemplaren
Archeological Anomalies: Small Artifacts—Bone, Stone, Metal Artifacts, Footprints, High Technology (2003) 14 exemplaren
Carolina Bays, Mima Mounds, Submarine Canyons—And Other Topographical Phenomena (1988) 13 exemplaren
Archeological Anomalies: Graphic Artifacts I—Coins, Calendars, Geoforms, Maps, Qipus (2005) 11 exemplaren
Scientific Anomalies and Other Provocative Phenomena: An Annotated Outline of 6,000 Entries (2003) 7 exemplaren
Direct conversion of energy 4 exemplaren
SNAP nuclear space reactors 3 exemplaren
Power reactors in small packages 2 exemplaren
Teleoperator controls 1 exemplaar
Spacecraft Power. 1 exemplaar
Earth orbital science 1 exemplaar
Space Radiation 1 exemplaar
Gerelateerde werken
You Are Being Lied To: The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes, and Cultural Myths (2001) — Medewerker, sommige edities — 692 exemplaren
The Anomalist: 1 — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Corliss, William R.
- Officiële naam
- Corliss, William Roger
- Geboortedatum
- 1926-08-28
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2011-07-08
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Stamford, Connecticut, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Glen Arm, Maryland, USA
- Opleiding
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of Colorado - Beroepen
- physicist
science writer - Organisaties
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society
Leden
Besprekingen
Misschien vindt je deze ook leuk
Gerelateerde auteurs
Statistieken
- Werken
- 63
- Ook door
- 2
- Leden
- 813
- Populariteit
- #31,389
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
- 7
- ISBNs
- 51
- Talen
- 2
- Favoriet
- 3
Of special interest to me was Earthquake Weather, as reported by Richard A. Proctor for Living Age in 1884: ... There is an ominous hush in the air, with a corresponding lull in the conversation for a few seconds, and then somebody says with a yawn, 'It feels to me very much like earthquake weather.' Next minute you notice the piazza gently raised from its underpropping woodwork by some unseen power, observe the teapot quietly deposited in the hostess's lap..."
(Well, to clarify, not all passages are so evocative... and the rest of the report is worth reading for the graceful style, too. Most are earnestly objective, too, the majority are written by scientists and other trained observers.)
I'm also interested in the evidence that domestic animals behave oddly just before earthquakes, as if they are predicting them. Corliss included some reports, but not enough to do more for me than re-invigorate my curiosity.
Corliss doesn't add many of his own ideas, or a narrative, but he did make an interesting observation in his preface to 'Fish, Frogs and other Living Creatures' within the section of "Falling Material." He points out that, of all the anecdotes and reports he has collected in his extensive research, the noteworthy thing about Raining Fish, etc, is how "fastidious" and selective the 'rains' are. Generally the fall is just a certain size, or even a certain species, without the accompanying debris, without other kinds of critters from the same habitat.
J.R. Norman, in the Natural History Magazine of 1928, theorizes that some of these Falls can be explained: "in the case of frogs it possible that numbers of tadpoles may undergo metamorphosis simultaneously, hide if the weather is at all dry and come out into the open with the first rain so suddenly that the appear to have fallen from the sky."
I hope your nearest archival or university library has a copy of this, so you can spelunk for gems for yourself.
*I looked over Lightning, Auroras, Nocturnal Lights, And Related Luminous Phenomena: A Catalog Of Geophysical Anomalies"… (meer)