Tuesday 1 June 2010

Sand Music


Caught this on the radio - "Museum of curiosities" last night.


Did you know that the Sand Mountain in Nevada emits a low C, while dunes in Chile sound an F, and those in Morocco a G#?


You could make a choir!



Sand
A journey through science and the imagination
Michael Welland
352 pages 50 black and white images, 8pp colour plate section 234x156mm
978-0-19-956318-0 Hardback 13 August 2009
Also available as: Paperback
Price: £18.99



Can also recommend:-



-not for the squeamish! - medicinal uses of mummies!


You could order parts in the Merck catalogue in 1908. Interesting "alternative" medicine.


Mummies were also used to fuel the boats at the relief of Khartoum - typically British!



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