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Nature, Gardens & Animals
The Story of a Piece of Coal: What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes
Edward Alfred Martin
150 pages~2 hr 59 min read12 chapters$4.99
Every lump of coal is a fossil forest, sunlight trapped in swamps that grew and died before the dinosaurs. Edward Martin traces that carbon from ancient tree fern to furnace: how coal formed, how it is mined, and what becomes of it. Clear, vivid, and full of deep-time wonder. Hold a black rock and read millions of years.
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Inside this book
12 chapters
- 1PREFACE.
- 2CONTENTS.
- 3I. THE ORIGIN OF COAL AND THE PLANTS OF WHICH IT IS COMPOSED
- 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 5CHAPTER I.
- 6CHAPTER II.
- 7CHAPTER III.
- 8CHAPTER IV.
- 9CHAPTER V.
- 10CHAPTER VI.
- 11CHAPTER VII.
- 12CHAPTER VIII.
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