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Caveman chemistry : 28 projects, from the creation of fire to the production of plastics / Kevin M. Dunn.

Title
Caveman chemistry : 28 projects, from the creation of fire to the production of plastics / Kevin M. Dunn.
Author
Dunn, Kevin M.
Publication
[United States] : Universal Pub., c2003.

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Description
xiv, 409 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Alternative Title
  • 28 projects
  • Twenty-eight projects
Subjects
Genre/Form
Popular works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 392-398) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Lucifer (Charcoal) -- Unktomi (Silicates) -- Hammurabi (Units) -- Samson (Mead) -- Athanor (Ceramics) -- Venus (Textiles) -- Adam (Metathesis reactions) -- Job (Alkali) -- Vulcan (Metals) -- Vitruvius (Lime) -- Pliny (Redox reactions) -- Marie (Dyes) -- Theophilus (Glass) -- Ts'ai Lun (Paper) -- al-Raz (Stoichiometry) -- Adelard (Alcohol) -- Tzu-Chun (Gunpowder) -- Spot and Roebuck (Acid) -- Bath (Soap) -- Leblanc (Soda) -- Volta (Batteries) -- Perkin (Aniline dyes) -- Eastman (Photography) -- Solvay (Ammonia) -- Dow (Electrochemicals) -- Bayer (Pharmaceuticals) -- Badische (Fertilizers) -- DuPont (Plastics)
ISBN
  • 1581125666
  • 9781581125665
OCLC
54052024
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library