The Worlds Lumber Room a Gossip About Some of Its Contents
The Worlds Lumber Room a Gossip About Some of Its Contents
Gaye, Selina
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inches, and thus frequently destroy the foundations of jetties, sea-walls, &c. , and ultimately cause their destruction. Plymouth breakwater, which is constructed of hard marble-like limestone, was so much injured by their ravages Fig. 2i. PHOLAS IN A SHELTER HOLLOWED BY IT IN A BLOCK OF GNEISS. that it was found necessary to replace the blocks between high and low water-mark by granite, against which they are powerless. Somewhat similar excavations are made by a species of land-snail ; but thi...s is believed by Dr. Buckland to work with its rasp-like tongue, whereas the pholas seems to have no other tool than its papery shell. (Fig. 21. ) CHAPTER VIII. WHAT BECOMES OF THE " DUST " TOWNS AND CITIES. What becomes of Nature's " Dust "Its Amount The Visible Part Sand- banks and Sand-dunes, River Sands Sandy Deserts Sand as a Pre- server Uses of Sand Glass-making Sandstones and Precious Stones Mud, Shales, and Slates A Great Mud-heap Effect of Pressure- Porcelain Clays and Brick Clays A Mass of Sapphires and Rubies Towns and Cities.
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