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We called it mag-nificent : Dow Chemical and magnesium, 1916-1998 /
During World War I, in 1916, Herbert Dow, founder of The Dow Chemical Company, received news of "star shells," weapons that glowed eerily as they descended over the trenches of the enemy, making them easier to attack. The critical component in these flares was magnesium, a metal that was s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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East Lansing :
Michigan State University Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Star shells
- Dowmetal pistons and the Indy 500
- Willard and the gondolas
- Dow goes down to the sea
- How to make magnesium out of seawater
- Two-faced government
- The Hanawalt era
- The hazards of coastal Texas
- Hot stuff
- Mag mountain
- The nineteen seventies
- Havoc in the market place
- A non-event.