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  1. The World's Lumber Room
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00 Preface
01 Dust Ho!
02 Dust-makers - Frost, Heat, Air and Water
03 Dust-makers - Wind, Waves, Rain
04 Dust-makers and Dust-carriers - Running Water
05 Dust-makers and Dust-carriers - Glaciers and Icebergs
06 Dust-makers - Earthquakes and Volcanoes
07 Dust-makers - Vegetables and Animals
08 What Becomes of the 'Dust' - Towns and Cities
09 What Becomes of the 'Dust' - Coral Islands, etc
10 What Becomes of the 'Dust' - Flint, Salt, etc
11 Vegetable Scavengers
12 Vegetable Refuse
13 Animal Scavengers - Termites, etc.
14 Animal Scavengers - Ants, Flies and Beetles
15 Animal Scavengers - Crustaceans, Birds and Mammals
16 Animal Remains and Ancient Dust-heaps
17 Household Refuse
18 Miscellaneous Refuse

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12 Vegetable Refuse

Content Provider Librivox
Author Gaye, Selina
Abstract If this book were written today, it would be called "The Story of the World's Rubbish". That may not sound a promising subject for a book, but we are taken on a journey all over the world (and beyond) to explain the many varieties of dust and refuse - animal, vegetable and mineral - how it is made both by man and by nature, what happens to it, and why we need it. We find that recycling is nothing new: man has been doing it for centuries, and nature has been doing it for billions of years. As every schoolboy knows, 'matter is neither created nor destroyed', so it stands to reason that every particle of it must be somewhere. This study of our knowledge of the earth was written for the layman before most of the -ologies were even a twinkle in a professor's eye. Geology, meteorology, hydrology, biology, glaciology and even sociology and anthropology all have their place in this readable and enjoyable tour of the earth's 'lumber room'. Though some of the science is out of date - it was written, for instance, 80 years before the theory of plate tectonics was understood - the author admits candidly when the science of the day does not yet provide answers to some questions. The almost contemporary description of the eruption of Krakatoa still resonates with us - compare the effect on our modern world of Mount St. Helens and Eyjafjallajökull in recent decades. Miss Gaye shows that far from everything in nature's lumber room being rubbish, every speck of dust has a purpose. The dust-cart (garbage truck) will never look the same to you again. (Summary by Ruth Golding)
Related Links http://archive.org/details/worldslumberroom00gayerich http://archive.org/details/worlds_lumber_rg_librivox
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Language English
Part of Series The World's Lumber Room
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Subject Keyword nature nonfiction
Alternative Title The World's Lumber Room - 12 Vegetable Refuse
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