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.p016 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschar#Escharotic | escharotic ]] a substance that kills unwanted or disease tissue. .p017 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbug_(sweet) | Peppermint humbug ]] |
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.p025 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanene | Stanene ]] zero resistance 2D tin surface (?) .p027 Beardies . bearded men? .p027 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheal_Jane | Wheal Jane ]] is a disused tin mine near Baldhu and Chacewater in West Cornwall .p027 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winze | winze ]] minor connection between mine levels .p027 drift, adit = horizontal tunnels .p027 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoping | stope ]] open space after desired material removed .p027 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Towans | Mexico Towans ]] a sand dune .p028 [[ https://www.stivesbakery.co.uk/ | Saint Ives Bakery ]] .p030 James Forbes and Cornish tin mining - can't find 1794? 1983? citation .p032 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiterite | casserite ]] tin oxide mineral, SnO₂ .p033 [[ https://pmirope.com/product/pmi-cavers-cows-tail/ | cow's tail line ]] .p034 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caving | potholing ]], UK term for spelunking |
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.p041 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_iron | bog iron ]] .p042 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat | peat ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbent | sorbent ]] .p042 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_butter | Bog butter ]] .p043 anaerobic peat stops decay .p043 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindow_Man | Lindow Man ]] 2000 y.o. body from peat bog .p043 peatlands hold twice as much carbon as all the world's forests combined, release CO₂ when drained .p044 underground peat can burn for years. Forty billion tonnes of carbon in buried peat. .p048 Peat decay drops land level and damages farm soil on top .p057 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland | Doggerland ]] ~8000 BCE .p057 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storegga_Slide | Storegga Slide ]] huge submarine landslide west of Norway ~6200BCE, 20 meter tsunami .p057 By 2100, sea-level rise will approach [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Holocene_sea_level_rise | early Holocene ]] (about 60 meters) . <15m Miami, New Orleans, Boston, Seattle, Philadephia, Houston, New York . <30m Washington DC, San Francisco, Portland, San Jose . Los Angeles is 82m, Dallas 129m, Chicago 181m .p058 500K serfs built St. Petersburg Russia 1703 to 1712? 1762?, 30K to 100K died .p058 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_the_Great | Federick the Great ]] drained [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oderbruch | Oderbruch flood plain ]] .p058 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini | Mussolini ]] (workers) drained the [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontine_Marshes | Pontine Marshes ]] 80K hectares, 800km² coastal area southeast of Rome .p059 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein | Saddam Hussein ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draining_of_the_Mesopotamian_Marshes | drained ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_Arabs | Marsh Arab ]] marshes .p064 1953 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1953 | Watersnoodramp ]] storm surge floods killed thousands |
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.p067 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze | Bronze ]] 9 parts copper and one part tin at 1000℃ .p068 Oxidized bronze turns green, but does not degrade like iron .p071 bronze hoards buried, speculations about "seeding" bronze creation .p078 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebra_sky_disc | Nebra Sky Disk ]], Pleiades and Moon represent planting time (?) .p078 outer 82 degree bands signified solstice angles? no, that is ±23 degrees .p079 [[ https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/publications/the-circumpolar-context-of-the-sun-shipmotif-in-south-scandinavia/ | sun-ship? ]] .p080 Bronze Age: the wheel, writing, legal codes, and civil administration .p080 domestic [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken | chicken ]] Gallus gallus domesticus originated in China 8000 years ago . hens lay 500-600 eggs in a lifetime, some breeds 800, all time record 1444 eggs. Culled after 12 to 18 months as production declines .p081 normal marine convention is passing port side to port side; upper Rhine upstream traffic passes on inner bend .p082 [[ | ]] .p082 [[ | ]] .p084 [[ | ]] .p084 [[ | ]] .p085 [[ | ]] .p088 [[ | ]] .p092 [[ | ]] .p092 [[ | ]] |
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Under a Metal Sky
A Journey Through Minerals, Greed, And Wonder
- Philip Marsden . 2024 . 549.09 MAR . Beaverton Library
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Ammonite |
1 |
1. |
Ochre: An Introduction |
5 |
2. |
Tin |
24 |
3. |
Peat |
41 |
4. |
Bronze |
67 |
5. |
Silver |
94 |
6. |
Radium |
127 |
7. |
Aerolite |
152 |
8. |
Mercury |
184 |
9. |
Copper |
213 |
10. |
Gold |
246 |
11. |
Lithium: A Coda |
277 |
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Soil |
283 |
p001 Introduction - Ammonite
p005 Chapter 1 - Ochre: An Introduction
p016 escharotic a substance that kills unwanted or disease tissue.
p017 Peppermint humbug
.p024 Chapter 2 Tin
p025 Stanene zero resistance 2D tin surface (?)
- p027 Beardies . bearded men?
p027 Wheal Jane is a disused tin mine near Baldhu and Chacewater in West Cornwall
p027 winze minor connection between mine levels
- p027 drift, adit = horizontal tunnels
p027 stope open space after desired material removed
p027 Mexico Towans a sand dune
p028 Saint Ives Bakery
- p030 James Forbes and Cornish tin mining - can't find 1794? 1983? citation
p033 cow's tail line
p034 potholing, UK term for spelunking
p041 Chapter 3 Peat
p041 bog iron
p042 Bog butter
- p043 anaerobic peat stops decay
p043 Lindow Man 2000 y.o. body from peat bog
- p043 peatlands hold twice as much carbon as all the world's forests combined, release CO₂ when drained
- p044 underground peat can burn for years. Forty billion tonnes of carbon in buried peat.
- p048 Peat decay drops land level and damages farm soil on top
p057 Doggerland ~8000 BCE
p057 Storegga Slide huge submarine landslide west of Norway ~6200BCE, 20 meter tsunami
p057 By 2100, sea-level rise will approach early Holocene (about 60 meters)
<15m Miami, New Orleans, Boston, Seattle, Philadephia, Houston, New York
<30m Washington DC, San Francisco, Portland, San Jose
- Los Angeles is 82m, Dallas 129m, Chicago 181m
- p058 500K serfs built St. Petersburg Russia 1703 to 1712? 1762?, 30K to 100K died
p058 Federick the Great drained Oderbruch flood plain
p058 Mussolini (workers) drained the Pontine Marshes 80K hectares, 800km² coastal area southeast of Rome
p059 Saddam Hussein drained Marsh Arab marshes
p064 1953 Watersnoodramp storm surge floods killed thousands
p067 Chapter 4 Bronze
p067 Bronze 9 parts copper and one part tin at 1000℃
- p068 Oxidized bronze turns green, but does not degrade like iron
- p071 bronze hoards buried, speculations about "seeding" bronze creation
p078 Nebra Sky Disk, Pleiades and Moon represent planting time (?)
- p078 outer 82 degree bands signified solstice angles? no, that is ±23 degrees
p079 sun-ship?
- p080 Bronze Age: the wheel, writing, legal codes, and civil administration
p080 domestic chicken Gallus gallus domesticus originated in China 8000 years ago
- hens lay 500-600 eggs in a lifetime, some breeds 800, all time record 1444 eggs. Culled after 12 to 18 months as production declines
- p081 normal marine convention is passing port side to port side; upper Rhine upstream traffic passes on inner bend
p213 Chapter 9 Copper
p246 Chapter 10 Gold
- p322 Man and metals : a history of mining in relation to the development of civilization
- T. A. Rickard 1932
https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S152C217911 . Multco Central 2 volumes . Library use only R 622.09 R53M