The Biography of Rubber (How Did That Get Here?)

The Biography of Rubber (How Did That Get Here?)

This work is for ages 8-14. 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 labourers, 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.

Country	USA
Author	Carrie Gleason
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780778725220
ISBN	0778725227
Label	Crabtree Publishing Company
Manufacturer	Crabtree Publishing Company
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	32
PublicationDate	2005-11-01
Publisher	Crabtree Publishing Company
Studio	Crabtree Publishing Company
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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