Author: John Allen HowePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building stones
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The Geology of Building Stones
Author: John Allen HowePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building stones
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Stories in Stone
Author: David B. WilliamsPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295746475
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Most people do not think to observe geology from the sidewalks of a major city, but all David B. Williams has to do is look at building stone in any urban center to find a range of rocks equal to any assembled by plate tectonics. In Stories in Stone, he takes you on explorations to find 3.5-billion-year-old rock that looks like swirled pink-and-black taffy, a gas station made of petrified wood, and a Florida fort that has withstood three hundred years of attacks and hurricanes, despite being made of a stone that has the consistency of a granola bar. Williams also weaves in the cultural history of stone, explaining why a white fossil-rich limestone from Indiana became the only building stone used in all fifty states; how in 1825, the construction of the Bunker Hill Monument led to America’s first commercial railroad; and why when the same kind of marble used by Michelangelo clad a Chicago skyscraper it warped so much after nineteen years that all 44,000 panels of it had to be replaced. This love letter to building stone brings to life the geology you can see in the structures of every city.
The Geology of Building Stones
Author: John Allen HowePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building stones
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Geology of Building Stones
Author: John Allen HowePublisher:
ISBN: 9781315793665
Category : TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Geology of Building Stones
Author: John Allen HowePublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781290099738
Category : Building stones
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Stone
Author: Mick R. SmithPublisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862390294
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
GEOLOGY OF BUILDING STONES
Author: JOHN ALLEN. HOWEPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033266748
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
British and Foreign Building Stones
Author: John WatsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building stones
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
This descriptive catalogue provides full details and building related information on the rock samples found in the Sedgwick Collection.
The Geology of the Road-building Stones of Massachusetts, with Some Consideration of Similar Materials from Other Parts of the United States
Author: Nathaniel Southgate ShalerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stone
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
The Geology of Building Stones
Author: John Allen HowePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building stones
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description