Neptune's Gift: A History of Common Salt - Couverture souple

Multhauf, Robert P.

 
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Synopsis

This comprehensive history of salt deals with its production, uses, and role in the development of modern society. Today, only about two per cent of salt produced is for animal consumption. Ten times as much is used in the winter salting of roads, and about half of today's enormous production is used in the chemical industries, for the production, among other things, of herbicides, pesticides and other environment-threatening materials.

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À propos de l?auteur

Robert P. Multhauf has been associated with the Smithsonian Institution for over two decades. Among the positions he has held are director of the Smithsonian's Museum of History and Technology, president of the Society for the History of Technology, and editor of Isis. He is the author of The Origins of Chemistry.

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9780756765064: Neptune's Gift: A History of Common Salt

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0756765064 ISBN 13 :  9780756765064
Editeur : Diane Pub Co, 1978
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