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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John Loadman (Head of Materials Characterization (Retired), Head of Materials Characterization (Retired), Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre, Hertford, UK)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.40cm Weight: 0.640kg ISBN: 9780198568407ISBN 10: 0198568401 Pages: 356 Publication Date: 07 July 2005 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: The Mesoamericans and the 'All American Ball Game' 2: Europe goes West 3: What's in a name? 4: The battles of the giants - Charles Goodyear 5: The battles of the giants - Thomas Hancock 6: Rubber goes East 7: The king and the Congo 8: Slaves to rubber 9: Competition! 10: The heavy mob 11: Chemicals and curatives 12: Padding or performance enhancer 13: The rot sets in 14: Death and destruction 15: TimelineReviews. .. a brilliant, really wonderful and unique book. ... exceptionally interesting to people who know nothing of the technical aspects of the subject. --Mark M. Green, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY During his career as an analytical chemist in the rubber industry, Loadman was often asked by museums and art galleries to help identify and conserve old rubber items. His interest in the history of rubber grew, and gradually encompassed the health, safety, and environmental concerns of natural and synthetic rubbers. Here he offers a history of rubber from its first use in Mesoamerica about 1600 BC to the present. --SciTech Book News .,. a brilliant, really wonderful and unique book. ... exceptionally interesting to people who know nothing of the technical aspects of the subject. --Mark M. Green, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY<br> During his career as an analytical chemist in the rubber industry, Loadman was often asked by museums and art galleries to help identify and conserve old rubber items. His interest in the history of rubber grew, and gradually encompassed the health, safety, and environmental concerns of natural and synthetic rubbers. Here he offers a history of rubber from its first use in Mesoamerica about 1600 BC to the present. --SciTech Book News<br> <br>. .. a brilliant, really wonderful and unique book. ... exceptionally interesting to people who know nothing of the technical aspects of the subject. --Mark M. Green, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY<br> During his career as an analytical chemist in the rubber industry, Loadman was often asked by museums and art galleries to help identify and conserve old rubber items. His interest in the history of rubber grew, and gradually encompassed the health, safety, and environmental concerns of natural and synthetic rubbers. Here he offers a history of rubber from its first use in Mesoamerica about 1600 BC to the present. --SciTech Book News<br> Author InformationJohn Loadman began his working career as an analytical chemist with the Natural Rubber Producers' Research Association (now Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre or TARRC, Hertford, UK) in 1967, having obtained a Master's degree in Organic Chemistry from the University of Durham. He continued in that area of work through to retirement in 1999, having reached the position of Head of the Materials Characterization Group. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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