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The Biography of Rubber - Couverture souple

Gleason, Carrie

 
9780778725220: The Biography of Rubber
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0778725227 ISBN 13 : 9780778725220
Editeur : Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada, 2005

Synopsis

This fascinating new book explores how one of the world's most important products starts out as sap from a tropical tree and ends up as tires on your family car. Find out how this sap was used in ancient times, how early rubber barons prospered in South America, how they treated their laborers, and the environmental dangers of producing both natural and synthetic rubber. Other topics include - What is a commodity? - the differences between synthetic and natural rubber - how latex is harvested and rubber is made - the "exploding" seeds of the rubber tree - uses of rubber, including tires, erasers, elastics, bouncy balls, and silly putty - stories of different inventors such as John Priestly, Charles Goodyear, Robert Thomson, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and more Teacher's guide available.

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Éditeur
Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0778725227
ISBN 13 
9780778725220
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
32
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible