Stories in stone
David B. Williams · 2009
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About the book
Looking at the stone masonry, facades, and ornamentations of buildings, Williams sees a range of rocks equal to any assembled by plate tectonics.He discusses a three-and-a-half-billion-year-old rock called Morton gneiss that is the color of swirled pink-and-black taffy; a 1935 gas station made of petrified wood; and a fort in St. Augustine, Florida, that has withstood three hundred years of attacks and hurricanes, despite being made of a stone (coquina) that has the consistency of a granola bar, and others. From publisher description.
Book details
- Year
- 2009
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Walker & Co.
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 260
- ISBN
- 9780802716224
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