The biography of rubber

Título
The biography of rubber

Carrie, Gleason

Resumen
Examines where rubber comes from and how it is processed into usable products, and describes the creation of synthetic rubber during World War One.

Rubber

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2006

How did that get here?

Descripción física
32 p. : ill.

Nota general
Includes glossary and index.
 
20.00

Contenido
The sap of a tree -- What is rubber? -- The science of rubber -- Plantation and laboratory -- From forest to plantation -- The rubber barons -- Botanists, colonists, and thieves -- Filling a need -- Tappers and plantations -- From latex to rubber -- Recycling and reusing -- Rubber today.

Información del programa
Accelerated Reader MG 7.3 1.0 103195

Término de la materia
Rubber.
 
Farm produce.
 
Commercial products.

Síntesis
Examines where rubber comes from and how it is processed into usable products, and describes the creation of synthetic rubber during World War One.

ISBN
9780778724865

Información de publicación
New York : Crabtree, c2006.


BibliotecaSignatura topográficaTipo de materialCódigo de barras del documentoEstado
Norwood678.2 GLEBook30520000210451Non-Fiction