From the Book - First edition.
Part I. (c. 1822-1850) From Carlow to Marburg. Irish beginnings (c.1822-1844)
Railway mania (1844-1847)
Queenwood College (1847-1848)
Part II. (1850-1860) Breaking in. Making a name (1850-1853)
Clash of theories (1854-1856)
Glacial explorations (1856-1857)
Storms over glaciers (1858-1860)
Part III. (1860-1870) The peak years. Radiant heat (1859-1862)
Heated exchanges (1862-1865)
Eyre affair and death of Faraday (1866-1868)
Prayer, miracles, metaphysics, and spirits (1865-1880)
Mountaineering in the 1860s (1860-1868)
Clouds of imagination (1868-1870)
Part IV. (1870-1880) Establishment figure. Dust and disease (1870-1872)
Government service and education (1871-1892)
The Belfast address (1873-1875)
Floating matter of the air (1875-1876)
Contamination (1876-1878)
Electric lights and mining accidents (1879-1886)
Part V. (1880-1893) Political affairs. Hindhead (1880-1883)
Rainbows and lighthouses (1883-1885)
The final years (1886-1893)
