Acid Rain and Our Nation’s Capital
by E. S. McGee
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About this eBook
- Author
- McGee, E. S.
- Title
- Acid Rain and Our Nation's Capital: A Guide to Effects on Buildings and Monuments
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TD: Technology: Environmental technology, Sanitary engineering
- Subject
- Building stones -- Deterioration -- Washington (D.C.)
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 57972
- Release Date
- September 25, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Acid Rain and Our Nation’s Capital
- 2.What is acid rain?
- 3.What about buildings?
- 4.How do you recognize limestone and marble?
- 5.How does acid precipitation affect marble and limestone buildings?
- 6.Where can we see the effects of acid precipitation?
- 7.What are we doing about acid rain?
- 8.A field guide to buildings in our Nation’s capital — The area around the National Capitol — The Capitol Building—Site 1 — The Peace Monument—Site 2 — The Grant Memorial—Site 3 — Botanic Gardens Building—Site 4 — Jefferson Memorial—Site 5 — Lincoln Memorial—Site 6 — Buildings along 17th Street, NW — Capital Gatehouse—Site 7 — Organization of American States Building—Site 8 — DAR—Constitution Hall—Site 9 — DAR—Memorial Continental Hall—Site 10 — Corcoran Gallery—Site 11 — Renwick Gallery—Site 12 — Federal Triangle Buildings—Site 13 — Washington Monument—Site 14
- 9.Glossary of Geologic and Architectural Terms
- 10.Further Reading
- 11.What Type of Rock is It?
- 12.Transcriber’s Notes
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