Title: This chemical age;
Authors: Haynes, Williams,
Date: 1942
Publisher: A. A. Knopf,
Physical description: 3 p. ℓ., [v]-x p., 2 ℓ., 3-385, xxii p., 1 ℓ. : illus., col. plates, diagrs. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: T
Contents: Not difficult nor dangerous -- Molecules made to order -- Black tar to bright dye -- The rise and fall of the German Dye Trust -- Mars: chemical dictator -- Sweet smells and savory flavors -- In vitro: in vivo 00 The sulfanilamide family -- Two monopolies: Japanese and American -- The great caoutchouc mysteries -- The elastic eldorado -- Not rubber, but rubberlike -- Chemists in spite of themselves -- Manna becomes a chemical -- The skeleton in the vegetable closet -- Bargain basement to haute couture -- New fibers: new fabrics -- The herald of the plastic age -- Materials for tomorrow -- Our chemical armory.
Notes: "First edition."
Subject headings (LCSH): Chemistry, Technical--History; Synthetic products.