Neptune's Gift

A History of Common Salt

Robert P. Multhauf (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

326 Seiten

1996
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-5469-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This comprehensive history of salt deals with its production, uses, and role in the development of modern society. Today, only about two per cent of salt produced is for animal consumption. Ten times as much is used in the winter salting of roads, and about half of today's enormous production is used in the chemical industries, for the production, among other things, of herbicides, pesticides and other environment-threatening materials.

Autor

Robert P. Multhauf has been associated with the Smithsonian Institution for over two decades. Among the positions he has held are director of the Smithsonian's Museum of History and Technology, president of the Society for the History of Technology, and editor of 'Isis'. He is the author of 'The Origins of Chemistry

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.11.1996
• Reihe/Serie: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
• Zusatzinfo: 94 Illustrations, black and white
• Verlagsort: Baltimore, MD
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 703 g
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-8018-5469-5 / 0801854695
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-5469-9 / 9780801854699
• Zustand: Neuware