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Biography of Rubber
by Gleason, Carrie
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- Comments: This fascinating Good 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 Good 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...
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- ISBN-13: 9780778725220
- ISBN: 0778725227
- Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
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Discover how one of the world's most important products starts out as sap from a tree and ends up as tires on your 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 Oproducing 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, and silly putty - stories of different inventors such as John Priestly, Charles Goodyear, Robert Thomson, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and moreGleason, Carrie is the author of 'Biography of Rubber ' with ISBN 9780778725220 and ISBN 0778725227.
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