Stories in stone

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Stories in stone

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Publisher
Walker & Co., Walker
Language
English
Pages
260

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Stories in stone: travels through urban geology
2009, Walker & Co., Walker
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Table of Contents

The most hideous stone ever quarried
The granite city
Poetry in stone
Deep time in Minnesota
The clam that changed the world
America's building stone
Pop rocks, Phillips petroleum, and petrified wood
The trouble with Michelangelo's marble
Reading, writing, and roofing
Autumn 20,000 years ago.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
553.5
Library of Congress
QE39.5.U7 W55 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
260

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22691713M
Internet Archive
storiesinstonetr0000will
ISBN 13
9780802716224
LCCN
2008051667, 2009005609
OCLC/WorldCat
303927746
Library Thing
6948151
Goodreads
6132337

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